Crime rings using stolen identities to steal billions in taxpayer money from federal, state governments

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Crime rings using stolen identities to steal billions in taxpayer money from federal, state governments

The Trump administration has made fraud a buzzword in Washington and tasked the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, with eliminating it from the federal government. But the government's fraud problem is much more complex and costly than most realize, according to Linda Miller, who spent a decade at the Government Accountability Office and wrote the rulebook on preventing fraud in federal programs. Fraud is a crime, and Miller believes the cost to taxpayers is coming close to $1 trillion each year. She said the biggest perpetrators aren't individuals lying about their eligibility for programs like unemployment insurance – they are sophisticated ..