Ohio, FBI and voter registration
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DOJ unveils major fraud crackdown including a $30 million Ohio Medicaid scheme allegedly funding luxury cars and the FBI's new Most Wanted Fraudsters list.
Meta led a sweeping anti-scam operation with the FBI, DOJ and Microsoft, resulting in 63 arrests and the removal of 1.4 million scam accounts.
The FBI has successfully shut down 13 fraudulent websites posing as consulting firms to extract sensitive information from Americans, particularly those with security clearance.
Federal authorities have busted what they say is a $30 million fraud conspiracy involving billing for children's behavioral health services that were never provided, officials announced.
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - A new federal-state partnership in Ohio will help track down and prosecute people who commit fraud. At a news conference in Columbus Thursday, Justice Department officials also announced the creation of the FBI’s Most Wanted Fraudsters list.
Federal authorities on Tuesday executed more than 20 court‑approved search warrants across the Minneapolis area as part of an ongoing investigation into alleged fraud involving publicly funded social programs.
When President Donald Trump promised, seemingly out of the blue, in late January that prosecutions would “soon” be coming for 2020 election rigging, the Justice Department was already mobilizing an effort behind the scenes to build out a portfolio of cases that would boost the White House’s narrative.
A suspect accused of healthcare fraud in Minnesota who fled from an FBI raid was arrested hours later, FBI Director Kash Patel noted in a post on X.
The Justice Department investigation is focused on the group’s voter registration efforts, and is part of the administration’s ongoing effort to pursue allegations of voter fraud.
