AAG McDonald: More Taxpayer Dollars Go to Fraudsters Every Year Than to Most Federal Departments and Agencies

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McDONALD: "The sad truth confronting the United States is that criminals steal hundreds of billions of dollars every year from the taxpayer To put this crisis into perspective more taxpayer dollars go to fraudsters every year than to most federal departments and agencies including the combined budgets of the departments of energy justice, and interior Hundreds of billions of dollars every single year taken by criminal actors And there is no end to what the fraudsters will take No program is too noble or too compassionate for a fraudster No program is off limits for a fraudster They will take from all of us until there is nothing left Fraud against the American taxpayer is a crisis of the first order President Trump, Vice President Vance and Attorney General Blanch have taken this crisis head on resolved to protect the American taxpayer Under their leadership, the federal government has launched the most robust coordinated fraud-fighting effort the country has ever attempted and those efforts are already bearing fruit for the American people In the 190 days since Attorney General Blanch created the National Fraud Enforcement Division the Department of Justice has announced over 1,000 major fraud enforcement actions across the country Medicaid fraud, SNAP fraud, HUD fraud, Social Security fraud, SBA fraud and the list goes on and on We are on the move to protect taxpayer dollars and our taxpayer-funded programs meant to help our elderly our children, our sick, our hungry, and our homeless Different programs, different schemes but the same target in all of these cases the American people"