President Donald J. Trump and Vice President JD Vance are actively combating fraudsters and scammers who have long taken advantage of hardworking Americans.
Today marks a new era of transparency with the launch of fraud.gov, a website allowing Americans to monitor every initiative, operation, and recovered dollar in this vigorous campaign.
The White House Task Force to Eliminate Fraud is committed to cutting off fraudulent funds, dismantling criminal networks, and ensuring swift justice. Since its inception, the Task Force has identified nearly $230 billion in fraud, prevented $56 billion in fraudulent payments, enforced more than $55 billion through legal actions, and achieved numerous indictments and convictions.
Key actions and achievements of the Task Force include:
- February 25, 2026: The Trump Administration suspended nearly $260 million in Medicaid payments to Minnesota following allegations of rampant fraud, demanding full cooperation from federal investigators.
- March 19, 2026: Federal prosecutors charged 11 individuals involved in a significant real estate and loan fraud scheme targeting elderly Californians.
- March 25, 2026: The Trump Administration halted operations of numerous high-risk hospice and home health providers in Los Angeles.
- March 30, 2026: A new national fraud whistleblower program was initiated by the Trump Administration, empowering citizens to report waste and abuse.
- April 2, 2026: The Trump Administration suspended hundreds more high-risk hospice and home health providers throughout California.
- April 3, 2026: Federal prosecutors indicted over a dozen individuals implicated in a $50 million hospice fraud scheme.
- April 7, 2026: A guilty plea was secured by the Department of Justice from a California fraudster accused of $270 million in false claims.
- April 8, 2026: The Department of Justice reported having 8,000 active fraud cases.
- April 8, 2026: The Task Force identified $6.3 billion in potentially fraudulent government contracts, prompting a comprehensive investigation.
- April 15, 2026: The Trump Administration halted 447 hospices and 23 home health agencies in Los Angeles due to alleged fraud exceeding $600 million.
- April 16, 2026: Criminal warrants and administrative charges were issued by the Trump Administration to 20 Minnesota businesses suspected of SNAP fraud.
- April 17, 2026: The newly formed National Fraud Enforcement Division of the Department of Justice commenced enforcement actions on 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, valued at $22 billion, for aggressive recovery efforts.
- April 28, 2026: The Department of Justice executed targeted operations at nearly two dozen Minnesota childcare centers suspected of systematic fraud.
- April 30, 2026: A West Coast Strike Force team was deployed by the Department of Justice to tackle healthcare fraud across Arizona, Nevada, and northern California.
- April 30, 2026: An additional $91 million in federal Medicaid funds was withheld by the Trump Administration from non-cooperative Minnesota.
- May 12, 2026: The Trump Administration uncovered over 10,000 suspected fraud cases within immigration student work programs.
- May 13, 2026: The Trump Administration terminated $1.4 billion in home health and hospice funding nationwide due to fraud concerns.
- May 13, 2026: The Trump Administration withheld $1.3 billion in federal Medicaid reimbursements for California.
- May 13, 2026: All new Medicare enrollments for hospice providers were suspended by the Trump Administration until the fraud crisis is addressed.
- May 13, 2026: The Trump Administration initiated audits of Medicaid Fraud Control Units across all 50 states.
- May 20, 2026: A Minneapolis daycare owner featured in Nick Shirley’s viral video was charged by the Department of Justice.
- May 21, 2026: The Health Care Fraud Strike Force program was expanded by the Department of Justice, adding more prosecutors to address Medicaid fraud nationwide.
- May 21, 2026: The Department of Justice charged 15 individuals in a comprehensive Minnesota healthcare fraud scheme, marking the largest autism fraud scheme prosecuted in the state.
- June 4, 2026: Four Ohio residents, including two state employees, were indicted by the Department of Justice for a $30 million Medicaid billing fraud scheme, leading to the seizure of 14 luxury vehicles. Additionally, four more individuals were charged for a $1.4 million COVID-19 relief fraud scheme. Five suspects involved in a $15 million elderly scam were apprehended, and dozens of high-risk home healthcare providers in Ohio faced a six-month moratorium on new services.
- June 8, 2026: Vice President Vance referred Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison to the Department of Justice’s Fraud Division for criminal investigation over negligence and complicity allegations.
- June 10, 2026: A fugitive involved in the Feeding Our Future fraud scandal was captured, marking the first capture on the FBI’s Most Wanted Fraudsters list.
- June 11, 2026: Payments to the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority were suspended by the Trump Administration pending a review of noncompliance and audit failures.
- June 16, 2026: The Trump Administration filed a lawsuit against the State of New York for diverting Medicaid funds to a selected company.
- June 17, 2026: A Texas woman was sentenced to prison for fraudulently acquiring FEMA disaster relief funds.
- June 19, 2026: A fugitive accused of orchestrating a $1.2 billion Medicare fraud conspiracy was arrested, marking the second individual captured from the FBI’s Most Wanted Fraudsters list.
- June 22, 2026: A fugitive behind a $3.7 billion Medicare fraud scheme was apprehended by federal authorities.
- June 23, 2026: The Department of Justice charged 455 defendants across 45 states and territories in healthcare fraud schemes involving over $6.5 billion in false claims, marking the largest takedown of its kind.
- June 23, 2026: The Trump Administration suspended billing privileges and Medicaid payments for thousands of suspected fraudulent providers in Ohio.
- June 24, 2026: A North Carolina man pled guilty to orchestrating a $60 million Medicare fraud scheme, as announced by the Department of Justice.
- June 26, 2026: Multiple states were sued by the Trump Administration for failing to provide SNAP applicant data for compliance checks.
- June 27, 2026: A Minnesota fugitive involved in the Feeding Our Future fraud scheme was captured in Somalia.
- June 30, 2026: Nearly 60% of Minnesota’s Medicaid providers were disenrolled by the Trump Administration for non-compliance and fraud risks.
- June 30, 2026: A lengthy prison sentence was imposed on the owner of two telemedicine companies for submitting fraudulent Medicare claims exceeding $136 million.
- July 2, 2026: Two New Yorkers were charged in a multi-million-dollar Medicaid fraud scheme.
- July 8, 2026: The Small Business Administration suspended nearly 8,000 Wisconsin borrowers linked to $375 million in suspected fraudulent loans from the pandemic era.
- July 8, 2026: The Trump Administration announced the halt of $220 million in fraudulent skin substitute claims and the suspension of billing privileges for over 800 providers involved in Durable Medical Equipment fraud.
- July 9, 2026: Six individuals from New Jersey were charged in a $20 million healthcare fraud kickback scheme.
- July 9, 2026: A woman in North Carolina pled guilty to her role in a $1.7 million urine drug testing scheme, as reported by the Department of Justice.
- July 12, 2026: The Trump Administration blocked 53,000 fraudulent student loan applications, preventing over $200 million in financial aid fraud through enhanced screening.
- July 20, 2026: The Virgin Islands Housing Finance Authority saw its funding suspended by the Trump Administration pending an investigation into mismanagement.
- July 21, 2026: More than $1 billion in Medicaid payments to California and Minnesota were paused due to fraud and noncompliance concerns.
- July 21, 2026: Federal authorities apprehended a fugitive involved in a $547 million Medicare fraud scheme, marking the third individual captured from the FBI’s Most Wanted Fraudsters list.
- July 27, 2026: A fugitive wanted for a $32 million COVID-19 relief fraud scheme was captured as the fourth individual on the FBI’s Most Wanted Fraudsters list.
- August 4, 2026: The Department of Justice charged 19 defendants in a fraudulent home healthcare scheme targeting Pennsylvania’s Medicaid program.
- August 4, 2026: The Trump Administration removed 1,076 hospices from the Medicare program in California due to fraud.
The Trump Administration remains resolute in uncovering every fraudulent scheme, reclaiming every dollar possible for the American people, and restoring public confidence.
Under the leadership of President Trump and Vice President Vance, the unchecked era of fraud is ending.
