Vance Says Migrant-Linked Fraud Drove $230 Billion Losses as U.S. Halts $55 Billion in Payments
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Updated · Fox News · Aug 9
Vance Says Migrant-Linked Fraud Drove $230 Billion Losses as U.S. Halts $55 Billion in Payments
1 articles · Updated · Fox News · Aug 9
Summary
$55 billion in federal payments to suspected fraudsters has been halted, with JD Vance saying his task force has uncovered roughly $230 billion in fraud since Trump took office.
Vance said investigators found recurring schemes in some migrant communities, describing cases in which people allegedly claimed benefits for nonexistent children and spread the tactic through community networks.
Hundreds of hospice and home health agencies in Minnesota and California have already had payments suspended, and other states are now under task-force scrutiny.
Recent enforcement actions include charges against 19 defendants over more than $4 million in Medicare and Medicaid claims and a Pennsylvania plea deal tied to a separate $1.7 million scheme.
Vance said recovering money already paid out is difficult, making payment freezes the administration's main tool as it expands a fraud crackdown that intensified after the Minneapolis scandal earlier this year.