President Donald J. Trump and Vice President JD Vance have launched a vigorous campaign against fraudsters and corrupt individuals accused of embezzling billions from American taxpayers. The White House Task Force to Eliminate Fraud is aggressively tackling waste, abuse, and criminal exploitation of government programs that have cost taxpayers billions.
This initiative represents a direct challenge to fraudulent schemes targeting hardworking Americans, with impressive results already being reported.
Highlighted below are some of the key actions and accomplishments of the Task Force so far:
- February 25, 2026: The Trump Administration suspended nearly $260 million in Medicaid payments to Minnesota due to extensive fraud allegations, requiring full cooperation with federal investigators.
- March 19, 2026: Federal prosecutors indicted 11 individuals involved in a significant real estate and loan fraud scheme targeting elderly Americans in California.
- March 25, 2026: The Trump Administration halted operations of dozens of high-risk hospice and home health providers in the Los Angeles area.
- March 30, 2026: A new national fraud whistleblower program was introduced by the Trump Administration to empower citizens to report waste and abuse.
- April 2, 2026: The Trump Administration suspended numerous additional high-risk hospice and home health providers across California.
- April 3, 2026: Federal prosecutors charged over a dozen individuals in a $50 million hospice fraud operation.
- April 7, 2026: The Department of Justice secured a guilty plea from a California fraudster for submitting $270 million in false reimbursement claims.
- April 8, 2026: The Department of Justice reported having 8,000 active, ongoing fraud cases.
- April 8, 2026: The Task Force identified $6.3 billion in potentially fraudulent government contracts, prompting a large-scale investigation.
- April 15, 2026: The Trump Administration shut down 447 hospices and 23 home health agencies in Los Angeles, with suspected fraud exceeding $600 million.
- April 16, 2026: The Trump Administration executed criminal warrants and administrative charges on 20 Minnesota businesses suspected of SNAP fraud.
- April 17, 2026: The Department of Justice launched its new National Fraud Enforcement Division, which took action against schemes totaling over $340 million in its first week.
- April 24, 2026: The Small Business Administration referred 562,000 fraudulent or delinquent pandemic-era loans — totaling $22 billion — for collection.
- April 28, 2026: The Department of Justice conducted enforcement operations at nearly two dozen Minnesota childcare centers suspected of fraud.
- April 30, 2026: The Department of Justice established a West Coast Strike Force to combat healthcare fraud in Arizona, Nevada, and northern California.
- April 30, 2026: The Trump Administration withheld an additional $91 million in federal Medicaid funds from non-cooperating Minnesota.
- May 12, 2026: The Trump Administration detected over 10,000 suspected fraud cases in immigration student work programs.
- May 13, 2026: The Trump Administration suspended $1.4 billion in home health and hospice funding nationwide.
- May 13, 2026: The Trump Administration postponed $1.3 billion in federal Medicaid reimbursements for California.
- May 13, 2026: The Trump Administration stopped all new Medicare enrollments for hospice providers nationwide amid the fraud crisis.
- May 13, 2026: The Trump Administration began audits of Medicaid Fraud Control Units in all 50 states.
- May 13, 2026: The Trump Administration blocked $60 million in fraudulent student loan applications within the first month of enhanced screening measures.
- May 20, 2026: The Department of Justice charged a Minneapolis daycare owner featured in Nick Shirley’s viral video.
- May 21, 2026: The Department of Justice expanded its Health Care Fraud Strike Force, adding more prosecutors to tackle Medicaid fraud nationwide.
- May 21, 2026: The Department of Justice filed charges against 15 individuals in a comprehensive Minnesota healthcare fraud case, marking the highest loss in a Medicaid case in the state and the largest autism fraud scheme prosecuted.
This is only the beginning. The Trump Administration will persist in these efforts until every fraudulent scheme is uncovered, every possible dollar is recovered, and trust in the government is restored.
