The Trump administration is cracking down on fraud

It’s been almost two months since President Trump took the bold step of officially forming the Task Force to Eliminate Fraud.

Since then, we have already uncovered tens of billions of dollars in defrauded taxpayer money, prosecuted dozens of fraudsters, and stopped billions in suspicious payments.

And we’re just getting started.

If you are defrauding the American taxpayer, we will find you and take you to court.

Our success raises an obvious question: Why has it taken the federal government until now to finally tackle fraud? Because Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson and I are taking a new approach.

Until President Trump’s inauguration, federal anti-fraud efforts have been defined by a “pay-and-chase” approach: Federal agencies like the Health and Human Services issue payments and then only take