Andrew Ferguson

📢 The Fraud Division launches West Coast Strike Force to target HEALTH CARE FRAUD SCHEMES across AZ, NV, and Northern CA “Driven by data showing a significant and accelerating increase in health care fraud across all three districts, the Strike Force builds on a foundation of recent landmark prosecutions — including the successful prosecution of digital health technology executives in the Northern District of California and the dismantling of Medicaid, sober home, and wound care fraud schemes in the District of Arizona,” said Assistant Attorney General Colin McDonald. Read more: justice.gov/opa/pr/fraud-d…

As a member of @VP's Task Force to Eliminate Fraud, @USDOL is doubling down on our efforts to eliminate the waste and abuse that has run rampant across our nation's federal programs for too long, including within UI programs. We have a responsibility to ensure the system *Americans* pay into is helping *Americans* get back on their feet, not helping fraudsters and other criminals take in cash on the taxpayer's dime.

BREAKING: DOJ confirms to @FoxNews that FBI and HSI agents are currently raiding 20+ locations in the Minneapolis, MN area in relation to ongoing federal fraud investigations. Sources tell FOX the locations are largely Somali linked businesses, including the infamous "Quality Learning Center". I'm told these are court approved search warrants being served and they are tied to fraud, not immigration enforcement. Fox is told 22 search warrants were executed in Minnesota this morning. DOJ spokesperson holding statement: “Today the FBI with federal, state and local law enforcement is involved in court-authorized law enforcement activity as part of an ongoing fraud investigation.”

Since October 01, @USDA_FNS has disqualified 1,562 retailers and disabled 760 illegal point of sale devices, resulting in THE PREVENTION of nearly $835M in fraudulent SNAP transactions. Commit fraud? We will find you and hold you accountable. Including jail time. And now, we have the whole of government, under the leadership of @VP and @AFergusonFTC, rooting out abuse of any program meant to help the most vulnerable.

Good to see the @FTC stepping in on deceptive auto pricing.  We just wrapped a case in Alaska against Swickard—bait-and-switch pricing, hidden add-ons, cars advertised but not actually available. Alaskans already pay inflated prices. They shouldn’t have to fight the price tag too. Thanks to @AFergusonFTC for reinforcing these consumer protection issues nationally.

.@VP introduces Colin McDonald prior to his swearing-in as Assistant Attorney General for National Fraud Enforcement: "One of the things Colin is going to do is make sure that... no fraud is small enough or big enough to look away from."