WASHINGTON, D.C.—The DOJ’s newly created National Fraud Enforcement Division announced Friday a wave of arrests, convictions and sentences in fraud schemes that targeted more than $340 million in taxpayer funds over just the past week.
The actions, spanning April 10 through April 17, involved cases from across the country targeting fraud in federal programs including Medicare, Medicaid, COVID-19 relief funds, unemployment benefits, Paycheck Protection Program loans, Social Security disability payments and tax credits.
“The National Fraud Enforcement Division is committed to prosecuting anyone who steals from American taxpayers,” Colin McDonald, assistant attorney general for the division, said in a statement. “Over the past seven days…
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