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Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche announces crackdown on fraudsters — with $1T in taxpayer programs on the line

Nypost · · 658 words · By Josh Christenson
Political blame-shifting between administrations Moralizing about fraud and public trust
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“Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche announces crackdown on fraudsters — with $1T in taxpayer programs on the line”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Department of Justice (Filipino: Kagawaran ng Katarungan, abbreviated as DOJ) is under the executive department of the Philippine government responsible for upholding the rule of law in the Philip…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) is a department of the government of the U.S. state of Texas. The TDCJ is responsible for statewide criminal justice for adult offenders, including mana…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) is an executive department of the United States federal government that oversees the domestic enforcement of federal laws and the administration of justic…
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“the DOJ is handling more than 8,000 fraud cases”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Department of Justice (Filipino: Kagawaran ng Katarungan, abbreviated as DOJ) is under the executive department of the Philippine government responsible for upholding the rule of law in the Philip…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) is a department of the government of the U.S. state of Texas. The TDCJ is responsible for statewide criminal justice for adult offenders, including mana…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) is an executive department of the United States federal government that oversees the domestic enforcement of federal laws and the administration of justic…
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“A South Florida insurance brokerage firm pleaded guilty to an Affordable Care Act enrollment scheme totaling more than $160 million”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Affordable Care Act (ACA), formally the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and informally known as Obamacare, is a landmark U.S. federal statute enacted by the 111th United States …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Ashley Brooke Moody (born March 28, 1975) is an American politician and attorney serving since 2025 as the junior United States senator from Florida. A member of the Republican Party, she served from …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, often shortened to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) or nicknamed Obamacare, is a United States federal statute enacted by the 111th United States Congress …
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“a California man pleaded guilty to submitting $270 million in fraudulent claims through California’s Medicaid program”
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“the investigations represent a fraction of the fraud ripping off our country every day, with over a trillion dollars at stake every single year”
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“the DOJ has established a National Fraud Enforcement Division for the purpose of handling the thousands of other cases”
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“Unless he is confirmed, he will serve in the role for the next 210 days after President Trump removed Pam Bondi from the attorney general position last Thursday”
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“Pam Bondi is a trusted friend of President Trump’s and will remain so”
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“the Trump administration through various agencies has been investigating fraud of taxpayer-funded programs in Democratic-controlled states — with Vance and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz yanking $259.5 million in federal funds from Minnesota in February”
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“A lot of the anti-fraud protections that existed in our government for a very long time were actually turned off by the Biden administration”
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“Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz bowed out of his re-election campaign as the pressure from the Trump administration notched up in January”
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