Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche on Tuesday announced the creation of a National Fraud Enforcement Division at the Department of Justice.
Blanche said the new division will deploy an additional 93 prosecutors across every district nationwide focused exclusively on fraud cases, warning that “fraudsters, scammers, tax cheats, or anyone who lies to get rich off the generosity of the American people should be on notice.”
He added that the DOJ is already handling more than 8,000 ongoing fraud matters, describing them as only a portion of the broader scope of abuse. Blanche said the department is coordinating closely with the Task Force to Eliminate Fraud led by Vice President JD Vance, calling the effort a “supercharging” of enforcement.
