Vance Pushes Fraud Overhaul After Flagging $230 Billion in Suspected Abuse
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Updated · Fox News · Aug 5
Vance Pushes Fraud Overhaul After Flagging $230 Billion in Suspected Abuse
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Aug 5
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$230 billion in suspected fraud has been identified so far, JD Vance said, adding the task force has already blocked $56 billion in payments that would have gone to fraudsters.
At a White House roundtable with lawmakers, Vance said federal officials lack visibility into who ultimately receives SNAP funds once money goes to states, and urged Congress to mandate state-federal data sharing.
Stephen Miller paired that push with a call for strict mandatory minimum prison terms for fraud convictions, arguing a few hundred or thousand prosecutions a year could deter far broader abuse.
The meeting advanced legislative plans for the anti-fraud task force Trump created in May, which had already withheld more than $1.4 billion from suspected healthcare providers.