Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche announces new unit to tackle taxpayer fraud [I23g1ptWMpN]
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche delivered his first public remarks Tuesday afternoon following the firing of former Attorney General Pam Bondi, using the moment to highlight an aggressive new federal push to combat fraud. Blanche opened by praising Bondi’s tenure, calling her “a great patriot to this country” and crediting her with helping make “our streets safer” through efforts targeting violent crime, drug cartels and systemic reform at the Department of Justice. The focus of his remarks quickly turned to fraud enforcement, which Blanche described as a growing national crisis costing taxpayers billions. “The Department of Justice is holding criminals accountable for stealing over half a billion dollars from taxpayers,” he said, pointing to multiple major cases resolved just this week alone, including healthcare and COVID-19 fraud schemes totaling hundreds of millions of dollars. According to Blanche, those cases represent only a fraction of the problem. “We currently have over 8,000 fraud matters underway,” he said, warning that “these cases represent a fraction of the fraud ripping off our country every day.” FULL STORY: ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Follow Iowa's News Now on our social media pages: Iowa’s News Now on Facebook: Iowa’s News Now on Twitter: For more news & weather: Send us news tips @ [email protected] #iowanewsnow #iowanews #localnews #KGAN #news