Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche on Tuesday revealed that the Department of Justice is currently probing thousands of cases of fraudsters bilking taxpayer-funded federal programs — with more than $1 trillion potentially vulnerable per year.
In his first press conference since being elevated to the role of acting AG, Blanche touted recent prosecutions that had resulted in guilty pleas — including a half-billion dollars “in health care and COVID fraud” — as the DOJ is handling more than 8,000 fraud cases.
A South Florida insurance brokerage firm pleaded guilty to an Affordable Care Act enrollment scheme totaling more than $160 million, and a California man pleaded guilty to submitting $270 million in fraudulent claims through California’s Medicaid program for costly prescription drugs, among others.
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