Waste, Fraud and Abuse
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Labor Department puts states on notice over unemployment insurance fraud
California, New York, and Illinois home to "glaring" waste, fraud, and abuse.
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Denver bridal shop owner sentenced to prison for $1.3M tax fraud scheme
Donna Savoy spent the money she withheld from her employees on personal and business expenses.
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Federal housing agency cutting off homelessness funding to California agency over fraud concerns
The letter details a variety of issues with the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority's handing of federal funds, including conflicts of interest, financial mismanagement, fraud and lack of oversight.
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Office of Special Counsel wants sanctions on Biden officials who conspired to violate court order
Suggests Department of Education consider "monetary reward" for Kansas City whistleblower, "given the significance of the disclosure, the risks he took in coming forward, and the strength of ED’s substantiation."
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JD Vance refers evidence of Minnesota fraud, Walz inaction to DOJ for criminal inquiry
Vance announced criminal referral in a social media post in which he raised concerns that Walz's administration tried to retaliate against whistleblowers.
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Congressional report slams Minnesota's Walz, Ellison for turning ‘blind eye’ to mass welfare fraud
House oversight committee alleges that Minnesota Democrats in the state turned a blind eye to mass fraud because they feared "political retribution from the politically active Somali community." James Comer, R-Ky, and the committee chairman said "Americans are fed up with fraud and expect action from the government entrusted with their hard-earned money."
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Justice department seizes 14 luxury vehicles, charges nine defendants in Ohio fraud investigation
The vehicles included six Mercedes-Benz cars, a Bentley, a BMW, a Jaguar, a Maserati, two Land Rovers, a GMC, and a McLaren.
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EPA boss made criminal referrals alleging Democrats ‘self-dealing’ in lucrative green energy grants
Lee Zeldin alleges that eight nonprofit "cutouts" were used to route billions to former Obama-Biden cronies.
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Taxpayer watchdog calls for accountability after helicopter prom controversy in Chicago
Controversy stems from a May 8 helicopter landing at Roesner Park in Markham.
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King County Regional Homeless Authority admits failures, shifts blame for funding woes
While KCRHA leaders admit to these internal failures in their response report, they argue that they cannot fix the system alone.
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Ohio finds $1M in taxpayer funded childcare overpayments in Ohio
The centers no longer receiving state funding following are in Franklin, Cuyahoga and Hamilton counties – the state’s three largest counties and home to Columbus, Cleveland and Cincinnati, respectively.
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ICE arrests two Minnesota residents who are charged with $21 million in healthcare fraud
Authorities say that through two companies that one of the suspects owned, the defendants carried out a scheme to defraud a health care benefit program of approximately $21.1 million by submitting false claims to Medicaid.
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Trump administration canceled $29 billion in grants Biden awarded, EPA admin says
Trump recounted how Power Forward Communities, a Georgia-based nonprofit that has been linked to Stacey Abrams, received a $2 billion grant during the Biden administration.