Trump Names J.D. Vance 'Fraud Czar' as Anti-Fraud Crackdown Spreads
Trump designated Vice President J.D. Vance 'fraud czar' after a March 16 executive order; federal arrests and hundreds of California provider suspensions followed.
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Overview
President Donald Trump on Friday, April 3, said Vice President J.D. Vance was "in charge of 'FRAUD'" in the United States and called him the nation's "fraud czar" in a Truth Social post.
The announcement follows an executive order signed March 16 that established a Task Force to Eliminate Fraud and named the vice president as its chairman, the vice president's office said.
Federal officials announced eight arrests tied to an alleged $50 million hospice and health-care fraud scheme in and near Los Angeles, the Justice Department said.
The task force has suspended roughly 70 to 221 hospice and home-health providers in California, officials and reports said.
Colin McDonald was sworn in as Assistant Attorney General for National Fraud Enforcement and Scott Brady named task force executive director, while the Labor Department opened an investigation on April 1 into California unemployment.
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