Schmitt, 9 Senate Republicans Launch Anti-Fraud Task Force as US Fraud Estimates Reach $1 Trillion
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Updated · Fox News · Jun 30
Schmitt, 9 Senate Republicans Launch Anti-Fraud Task Force as US Fraud Estimates Reach $1 Trillion
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jun 30
Summary
Sen. Eric Schmitt and nine Senate Republicans formed an Anti-Fraud Task Force to probe fraud, waste and abuse across federal programs and push Congress to close vulnerabilities.
The group says it is responding to a nationwide fraud problem that Sen. Ron Johnson estimated at $250 billion to $1 trillion annually, with prevention prioritized because stolen funds are rarely recovered.
Schmitt’s effort is designed to mirror the Trump administration campaign led by Vice President JD Vance, whose team identified nearly $6.3 billion in suspect contracts in April and withheld $1.4 billion from home health and hospice providers in May.
The Senate push follows a broader enforcement drive that also included a $6.5 billion Medicare and Medicaid fraud bust with more than 450 arrests, while Sen. Bill Cassidy is running a separate anti-fraud effort tied to the Minnesota scandal.