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Lawmakers highlight prosecution gaps, urge centralized coordination and regional tasking
Summary
Members said enforcement falters because scam losses are large in total but small per incident, complicating investigations; they proposed a centralized coordinator and regional prosecution coordination among FBI, Secret Service and Postal Service.
Speakers flagged a persistent "prosecution gap" that leaves many scam victims without an effective law-enforcement response because individual incidents are small while aggregate losses are large. The Chair warned that "it's billions of dollars but in tiny increments," and lawmakers argued that regional offices of federal agencies should coordinate with local police to prioritize cases and share evidence.
Panelists proposed executive-coordination measures, including a centralized coordinator to align federal agencies' anti-fraud efforts and regional directives to prompt FBI, Secret Service and Postal inspectors to collaborate more closely on pursuing transnational scam networks.
