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Vice President JD D. Vance says fraud task force has identified $230 billion, halted $56 billion
Summary
At a Camp David cabinet meeting, Vice President JD D. Vance said the administration's anti-fraud task force has identified $230 billion in alleged fraud and halted $56 billion, and announced 17 new anti-fraud actions totaling about $333 million.
Vice President JD D. Vance told the cabinet that the administration's anti-fraud task force has "identified $230,000,000,000 of fraud" against programs serving Americans and said the team has already "halted $56,000,000,000." He said the administration will announce 17 new anti-fraud actions totaling about $333,000,000.
"Stopping it from going out the door is how we save the American people," Vance said, adding that fraud has two sets of victims: taxpayers and program beneficiaries who lose access to services. He pointed to cases in which he said fraudulent companies provided false neonatal services and left low-income mothers and babies without care.
Administrators at the meeting framed the work as an ongoing priority. The president praised those efforts during his opening remarks, saying "billions of dollars is being recovered" and praising the team for uncovering corruption. The transcript does not provide details on the methodologies used or specific prosecutions; officials at the meeting characterized some amounts as "identified" or "halted," and noted recovery challenges once funds have left the system.
