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White House Press Pool Reports @WHPressPool - Trump Administration’s Full-Scale War on Fraud
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
President Donald J. Trump and Vice President JD Vance are unleashing an unrelenting, full-scale assault on the fraudsters, scammers, and corrupt operators who have looted billions from American taxpayers. The White House Task Force to Eliminate Fraud is moving at unprecedented speed and ferocity to root out the waste, abuse, and criminal exploitation of government programs that have drained billions from hardworking taxpayers.
This is a direct offensive against every fraudulent scheme preying on hardworking Americans and the results are already staggering.
Here are some of the Task Force’s key actions and victories to date:
• February 25, 2026: The Trump Administration halted nearly $260 million in Medicaid payments to Minnesota over rampant fraud allegations, demanding full cooperation with federal investigators.
• March 19, 2026: Federal prosecutors charged 11 individuals in a major real estate and loan fraud ring preying on elderly Americans in California.
• March 25, 2026: The Trump Administration suspended dozens of high-risk hospice and home health providers in the Los Angeles area.
• March 30, 2026: The Trump Administration launched a new national fraud whistleblower program to empower Americans to expose waste and abuse.
• April 2, 2026: The Trump Administration suspended hundreds additional high-risk hospice and home health providers across California.
• April 3, 2026: Federal prosecutors charged more than a dozen individuals in a $50 million hospice fraud scheme.
• April 7, 2026: The Department of Justice secured a guilty plea from a California fraudster accused of submitting $270 million in false reimbursement claims.
• April 8, 2026: The Department of Justice confirmed it has 8,000 active, ongoing fraud cases.
• April 8, 2026: The Task Force uncovered $6.3 billion in suspected fraudulent government contracts and immediately launched a sweeping investigation.
• April 15, 2026: The Trump Administration suspended 447 hospices and 23 home health agencies in Los Angeles, with estimated fraud exceeding $600 million.
• April 16, 2026: The Trump Administration served criminal warrants and administrative charges on 20 Minnesota businesses suspected of SNAP fraud.