President Donald J. Trump and Vice President JD Vance are waging war on the fraudsters and scammers who have looted hardworking Americans for far too long.
Today, that war becomes fully transparent atfraud.gov— a new website where Americans can track every action, every takedown, and every dollar recovered as part of the unrelenting effort.
TheWhite House Task Force to Eliminate Fraudis moving to shut off the money, crush criminal networks, and deliver swift justice.
Since the Task Force began its work, it hasuncoverednearly $230 billion in fraud, stopped$56 billion in fraudulent payments that would have gone into the pockets of criminals, enforcedmore than $55 billion through indictments, settlements, and civil penalties, and secured hundreds of indictments and convictions.
Here are some of the Task Force’s key actions and victories to date:
February 25, 2026:The Trump Administrationhaltednearly $260 million in Medicaid payments to Minnesota over rampant fraud allegations and demanded full cooperation with federal investigators.
March 19, 2026:Federal prosecutorscharged11 individuals in a major real estate and loan fraud ring targeting elderly Americans in California.
March 25, 2026:The Trump Administrationsuspendeddozens of high-risk hospice and home health providers in the Los Angeles area.
March 30, 2026:The Trump Administrationlauncheda new national fraud whistleblower program empowering everyday Americans to expose waste and abuse.
April 2, 2026:The Trump Administrationsuspendedhundreds of additional high-risk hospice and home health providers across California.
April 3, 2026:Federal prosecutorschargedmore than a dozen individuals in a $50 million hospice fraud scheme.
April 7, 2026:The Department of Justicesecureda guilty plea from a California fraudster accused of submitting $270 million in false reimbursement claims.
April 8, 2026:The Department of Justiceconfirmedit has 8,000 active, ongoing fraud cases.
April 8, 2026:The Task Forceuncovered$6.3 billion in suspected fraudulent government contracts and immediately launched a sweeping investigation.
April 15, 2026:The Trump Administrationsuspended447 hospices and 23 home health agencies in Los Angeles, with estimated fraud exceeding $600 million.
April 16, 2026:The Trump Administrationservedcriminal warrants and administrative charges on 20 Minnesota businesses suspected of SNAP fraud.
April 17, 2026:The Department of Justiceannouncedits newly established National Fraud Enforcement Division took enforcement action in schemes totaling over $340 million in its first week alone.
April 24, 2026:The Small Business Administrationreferred562,000 fraudulent or delinquent pandemic-era loans — totaling $22 billion — for aggressive collection.
April 28, 2026:The Department of Justiceconductedtargeted enforcement operations at nearly two dozen Minnesota childcare centers suspected of systemic fraud.
April 30, 2026:The Department of Justicelauncheda West Coast Strike Force team targeting healthcare fraud across Arizona, Nevada, and northern California.
April 30, 2026:The Trump Administrationdeferredan additional $91 million in federal Medicaid funds from non-cooperating Minnesota.
May 12, 2026:The Trump Administrationidentifiedover 1만 suspected fraud cases in immigration student work programs.
May 13, 2026:The Trump Administrationsuspended$1.4 billion in home health and hospice funding nationwide.
May 13, 2026:The Trump Administrationdeferred$1.3 billion in federal Medicaid reimbursements for California.
May 13, 2026:The Trump Administrationhaltedall new Medicare enrollments for hospice providers nationwide until the fraud crisis is brought under control.
May 13, 2026:The Trump Administrationlaunchedaudits of Medicaid Fraud Control Units in all 50 states.
May 20, 2026:The Department of Justicechargeda Minneapolis daycare owner featured in Nick Shirley’s viral video.
May 21, 2026:The Department of Justiceexpandedits Health Care Fraud Strike Force program, adding additional prosecutors to combat Medicaid fraud nationwide.
May 21, 2026:The Department of Justicecharged15 individuals in a wide-ranging Minnesota healthcare fraud scheme — including the highest loss amount ever charged in a Medicaid case in the state and the largest autism fraud scheme ever prosecuted.
June 4, 2026:The Department of Justicechargedfour Ohio residents — including two state employees — in a $30 million Medicaid billing fraud scheme and seized 14 luxury vehicles; chargedfour more in a $1.4 million COVID-19 relief fraud scheme; bustedfive suspects who scammed over $15 million from elderly Americans via dating sites; andsuspendeddozens of high-risk home healthcare providers in Ohio and imposed a six-month moratorium on all new home healthcare and hospice services.
June 8, 2026:Vice President VancereferredMinnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison to the Department of Justice’s Fraud Division for criminal investigation over allegations of negligence and complicity.
June 10, 2026:Federal authoritiesapprehendeda fugitive wanted for his role in the wide-ranging Feeding Our Future fraud scandal — the first individual on the FBI’s Most Wanted Fraudsters list captured.
June 11, 2026:The Trump Administrationsuspendedpayment to the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority pending a review of its long history of noncompliance, conflicts of interest, and failed audits.
June 16, 2026:The Trump Administrationsuedthe State of New York for siphoning millions of dollars in Medicaid funding to a handpicked company.
June 17, 2026:A Texas woman wassentencedto prison for fraudulently obtaining FEMA disaster relief funds.
June 19, 2026:The Department of Justiceapprehendeda fugitive accused of orchestrating a $1.2 billion Medicare fraud conspiracy — the second individual on the FBI’s Most Wanted Fraudsters list.
June 22, 2026:Federal authoritiesapprehendeda fugitive accused of masterminding a $3.7 billion Medicare fraud scheme.
June 23, 2026:The Department of Justiceannouncedcharges against 455 defendants across 45 states and territories in healthcare fraud schemes involving over $6.5 billion in false claims — the largest such takedown in history.
June 23, 2026:The Trump Administrationsuspendedbilling privileges and Medicaid payments for thousands of Ohio providers suspected of fraud.
June 24, 2026:The Department of Justicesecureda guilty plea from a North Carolina man who orchestrated a $60 million Medicare fraud scheme.
June 26, 2026:The Trump Administrationsuedmultiple states over their failure to provide SNAP applicant data for compliance purposes.
June 27, 2026:The Trump Administrationcaptureda Minnesota fugitive in Somalia facing charges related to orchestrating the massive Feeding Our Future fraud scheme.
June 30, 2026:The Trump AdministrationforcedMinnesota to disenroll nearly 60% of its Medicaid providers for failure to meet compliance standards and high risk of fraud.
June 30, 2026:The Trump Administrationsecureda lengthy prison sentence for the owner of two telemedicine companies who was conspired to submit more than $136 million in false and fraudulent Medicare claims.
July 2, 2026:The Department of Justicechargedtwo New York individuals in a multi-million-dollar Medicaid fraud scheme.
July 8, 2026:The Small Business Administrationsuspendednearly 8,000 Wisconsin borrowers connected to $375 million in suspected fraudulent pandemic-era loans.
July 8, 2026:The Trump Administrationannouncedit stopped $220 million in fraudulent skin substitute claims and suspended billing privileges for over 800 providers complicit in Durable Medical Equipment fraud.
July 9, 2026:The Department of Justicechargedsix New Jersey individuals in connection to a $20 million healthcare fraud kickback scheme.
July 9, 2026:The Department of Justicesecureda guilty plea from a woman who orchestrated in a $1.7 million urine drug testing scheme in North Carolina.
July 12, 2026:The Trump Administrationannouncedit blocked 53,000 fraudulent student loan applications in just the first months since deploying enhanced screening, preventing more than $200 million in fraudulent financial aid from being disbursed.
July 20, 2026:The Trump Administrationsuspendedfunding for the Virgin Islands Housing Finance Authority pending a comprehensive investigation into its lengthy history of mismanagement.
July 21, 2026:The Trump Administrationpausedmore than $1 billion in Medicaid payments to California and Minnesota due to suspected fraud and noncompliance.
July 21, 2026:Federal authoritiesapprehendeda fugitive wanted for his role in a $547 million Medicare fraud scheme — the third individual on the FBI’s Most Wanted Fraudsters list captured.
July 27, 2026:Federal authoritiesapprehendeda fugitive wanted for her role in a $32 million COVID-19 relief fraud scheme — the fourth individual on the FBI’s Most Wanted Fraudsters list captured.
August 4, 2026:The Department of Justiceannouncedcriminal charges against 19 defendants involved in a fraudulent home healthcare scheme targeting Pennsylvania’s Medicaid program.
August 4, 2026:The Trump Administrationannounceda total of 1,076 hospices have been removed from the Medicare program in California alone due to fraud.
The Trump Administration will not rest until every scheme is exposed, every recoverable dollar is returned to the American people, and public trust is restored.
Under President Trump and Vice President Vance, the era of unchecked fraud is over.