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#News Fraudsters are stealing $1 billion American tax dollars each year, according to the Justice Department’s National Fraud Enforcement Division, which revealed that criminals steal more taxpayer money every year than the combined budgets of the Departments of Energy, Justice, and the Interior. #DC Assistant Attorney General Colin McDonald said more taxpayer dollars go to fraudsters every year than to most federal departments and agencies, adding that “No program is too noble or too compassionate for a fraudster. No program is off limits to a fraudster. They will take from all of us until there is nothing left.” Critics say that people are blaming billionaires for their financial problems, but they really should be blaming the government for stealing all their money and wasting it. However, Republicans say that Democrats keep the focus on billionaires so people don’t wake up and demand an end to rising taxes that are going into the pockets of politicians and fraudsters and paying for housing, travel, healthcare, and food for illegal migrants. They point out that the Medicare for All plan will raise those taxes even more, 40%, with the money going straight to the government that has been overspending at such a high rate, that the national debt is $40 trillion. A good chunck of that money, they say, is going out of the country, into the campaigns of Democrat candidates and into the bank accounts of fraudsters across the nation. Recent fraud investigations and charges: 🔷️$490 million – Nationwide (35 states): National tax fraud surge with actions against 76 defendants. 🔷️$350 million – Nationwide: New charges against 31 defendants in the tax fraud surge. 🔷️$200+ million – Texas: Four defendants charged in a fraudulent trust scheme that allegedly hid more than $1.5 billion in income. 🔷️$194 million – (Federal): Former federal employee pleaded guilty to government contract fraud. 🔷️$100+ million – (Various): Defendant indicted in a COVID-19 health care fraud scheme. 🔷️$74 million – Georgia: Three defendants indicted for filing more than 16,000 fraudulent tax returns. 🔷️$65 million – New York: Brooklyn social adult day-care owner pleaded guilty to Medicaid fraud for services never provided. 🔷️$55 million – (Various): Leader of a check fraud ring sentenced to eight years. 🔷️$34 million – (Various): Former postal worker admitted stealing checks. 🔷️$30 million – (Various): Company owner sentenced to 14 years for Medicare/TRICARE medical supply fraud. 🔷️$30 million – (Various): Physician indicted in an alleged COVID-19 health care fraud scheme. 🔷️$26 million – Texas: Mental health clinic owner convicted in a TRICARE scheme using fake records and kickbacks. 🔷️$15+ million – Florida: Laboratory vice president convicted of COVID-19 testing Medicare billing fraud. 🔷️$13 million – New Jersey: Woman and Colombian partner convicted in “Operation Thunder Hole” federal-program fraud. 🔷️$13 million – Washington: Kirkland pastor indicted for defrauding parishioners through a sham internet company. 🔷️$12 million – Massachusetts: Defendant convicted of laundering proceeds from romance scams. 🔷️$10 million – California: Twelve people charged in home daycare fraud schemes (San Diego area). 🔷️$6+ million – Massachusetts: Cape Cod man pleaded guilty to laundering proceeds from durable medical equipment fraud. 🔷️$5 million – California: North Hollywood man sentenced to 70 months for COVID-19 relief loan fraud. 🔷️$3.6 million – Minnesota: Woman convicted of Medicaid housing stabilization services fraud. 🔷️$3.5+ million – (Various): Pakistani-national defendants charged in Medicare durable medical equipment fraud. 🔷️$2.9 million – (Various): Woman convicted in a scheme involving roughly 1,000 victims. 🔷️$1.9 million – New Hampshire: Former doctor sentenced for signing unnecessary Medicare brace orders. 🔷️$1.34+ million – Seventeen defendants charged in a Social Security fraud surge. 🔷️$9 billion – Minnesota: Prosecutors said half or more of $18 billion spent on 14 high-risk Medicaid programs since 2018 may have been fraudulent. 🔷️$250–300 million – Minnesota: Feeding Our Future pandemic child-nutrition scheme that claimed fake meals and led to dozens of charges and convictions. 🔷️$90 million – Minnesota: Additional Medicaid and welfare program fraud charges announced against multiple defendants. 🔷️$3.6 million – Minnesota: Woman convicted of billing Medicaid housing services for help that was never provided. #ChristinaAguayoNews