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  • USGAO: 2018-2022 Data Show Federal Government Loses an Estimated $233 Billion to $521 Billion Annually to Fraud

    02/12/2025 10:55:02 AM PST · by AndyJackson · 21 replies
    US Government Accountability Office ^ | Apr 16, 2024 | US Government Accountability Office
    Full GAO ReportGAO's summary: No area of the federal government is immune to fraud. We estimated that the federal government could lose between $233 billion and $521 billion annually to fraud. Given the scope of this problem, a government-wide approach is required to address it. The Office of Management and Budget, working with agencies and the oversight community, should develop guidance to improve fraud-related data—providing a more uniform approach to what data is collected and how. Also, Treasury should identify methods to expand government-wide estimates of fraud—prioritizing higher-risk program areas.
  • Trump DHS Has Recovered All $59m Given to Migrant Hotels by FEMA

    02/12/2025 10:33:10 AM PST · by kevcol · 57 replies
    National Pulse ^ | February 12, 2025 | Jack Montgomery
    The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), led by Secretary Kristi Noem, has recovered all $59 million funneled by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to luxury hotels hosting migrants in defiance of an executive order from President Donald J. Trump. “Secretary Noem has clawed back the full payment that FEMA deep state activists unilaterally gave to NYC migrant hotels,” the DHS said in a statement. “There will not be a single penny spent that goes against the interest and safety of the American people.”
  • Christina Chapman’s $17M Fraud Scheme Funneled Millions to North Korea

    02/12/2025 4:25:38 AM PST · by rightwingintelligentsia · 10 replies
    Regtechtimes via MSN ^ | February 12, 2025
    Christina Marie Chapman, a 48-year-old woman from Litchfield Park, Arizona, has pleaded guilty in federal court for her role in a scheme that funneled millions of dollars to North Korea. Over the course of three years, Chapman and her co-conspirators helped overseas IT workers pretend to be U.S. citizens so they could illegally secure remote IT jobs in the United States. The scheme involved more than 300 American companies, including some of the nation’s largest corporations. The fraudulent operation, which ran from October 2020 to October 2023, generated over $17 million in revenue. According to prosecutors, Chapman and her team...
  • President Trump and Elon Musk Hold Stunning Press Availability During Executive Order Signing

    02/11/2025 6:04:01 PM PST · by SoConPubbie · 21 replies
    The Last Refuge ^ | February 11, 2025 | Sundance
    Earlier today President Trump and Elon Musk, head of the Dept of Government Efficiency, held a press conference in the oval office to answer questions about the ongoing DOGE review of government.Elon Musk outlines examples of how the various government agencies spend money without any standard accounting principles that facilitate audits and reviews. In material fact the system of government that Elon Musk and President Trump outline, appears fully designed to generate fraud.In essence, “waste, fraud and abuse” within government, is a feature of how the government systems are organized, not a flaw. WATCH:.It is amazing how the media reporters...
  • JUST IN: Elon says DOGE will look into government officials who have a high net worth while making just a salary in government. How did they accrue all that money???

    02/11/2025 3:32:27 PM PST · by Vendome · 187 replies
    Libs of Tik Tok ^ | 02/11/2025 | m Gunther Eagleman
    JUST IN: Elon says DOGE will look into government officials who have a high net worth while making just a salary in government. How did they accrue all that money??? https://x.com/i/status/1889427640450425258
  • At this point, I am 100% certain that the magnitude of the fraud in federal entitlements (Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, Welfare, Disability, etc)...

    02/11/2025 3:05:28 PM PST · by E. Pluribus Unum · 52 replies
    X.com ^ | 12:23 AM · Feb 11, 2025 | Elon Musk✓@elonmusk
    ...exceeds the combined sum of every private scam you’ve ever heard by FAR. It’s not even close.
  • An Analysis of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974

    02/11/2025 3:23:19 PM PST · by Sequoyah101 · 3 replies
    Naval War College Review ^ | 3/21/1977 | Lawrence J. Korb
    "The Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is, in the words of former Speaker of the House Carl Albert, the most significant congressional initiative in the last 75 years. Under it the Congress is now required by law to consider the Federal budget as a whole and to act upon it before the commencement of the fiscial year." That didn't age well. I think the process has been followed only four or five times since it began in 1975. Since 1974 budget appropriation has only been completed on time FOUR years; 1977, 1989, 1995 and 1997. Congress can't follow it and...
  • Auditors find over $2M in funds misused by charter school CEO (Louisiana)

    02/11/2025 12:42:30 PM PST · by dennisw · 30 replies
    MSN ^ | 2-11 | Emilee Calametti
    Credit card records obtained by the auditors show Scott used her Education Explosion credit card for at least $130,494 on trips taken by the Scott family to places like Egypt, Disneyland Paris and others. The report also says $166,520 in charter school funds were for the lease and/or purchase of a 2017 Acura MDX and a 2021 Land Rover Velar from August 2017 to April 2024 in the report. Other personal expenses noted in the report accuse Scott of withdrawing $42,371 from the FICS bank account on May 27, 2023, to buy a cashier's check payable to NOLA Motorcars. Records...
  • Trump says US may have less debt than thought because of fraud

    02/11/2025 10:03:43 AM PST · by MNDude · 27 replies
    U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday said his administration was examining U.S. Treasury debt payments for possible fraud and suggested that the country's $36 trillion debt load might not be that high. Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One, Trump said administration officials who have been combing through payment records in an effort to identify wasteful spending have turned their attention to the debt payments that play a central role in the global financial system.
  • BREAKING: Congressman Drafting Articles of Impeachment Against Lawless Anti-Trump Judge

    02/11/2025 8:25:30 AM PST · by hardspunned · 75 replies
    PJ Media ^ | 2/11/25 | Matt Margolis
    Over the weekend, an Obama-appointed judge issued a temporary injunction blocking the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from accessing sensitive Treasury Department data. While the media frames this as a limited restriction on political appointees and special government employees, the reality appears far more sweeping. Judge Paul Engelmayer’s ruling explicitly bars all political appointees—including Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent—from Treasury payment records and financial systems, restricting access to career civil servants (essentially the Deep State) within the Bureau of Fiscal Services. This unprecedented move effectively prevents the Treasury secretary from overseeing his own department’s financial data, raising serious concerns about executive...
  • Incompetent or crooked? Elon Musk exposing Washington’s rotten system

    02/10/2025 5:18:10 PM PST · by george76 · 20 replies
    New York Post ^ | Feb. 10, 2025 | Glenn H. Reynolds
    Democrats have their panties in a wad over the work that Elon Musk and DOGE are doing to control government spending. But despite all the hoopla, what’s actually going on is straightforward stuff that most people probably — but wrongly — assumed the government was doing all along. ... Musk wrote on X Saturday that DOGE and the Treasury Department have agreed to take the following steps: All outgoing payments must have a categorization code in order to be paid. That’s supposed to already happen, but Musk has found the code is often left blank, making audits nearly impossible. All...
  • Three Baby Steps Proving 4 Senate Seats Stolen in 2024

    02/10/2025 11:44:38 AM PST · by bitt · 26 replies
    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com ^ | 2/10/2025 | Jay Valentine
    Who really won the 2024 election? You may think it was President Trump, but it is becoming clear every day the big winner was RINO central – in both the House and Senate. The nominations of Kennedy and Tulsi hang by a thread – likely one vote – in a Republican Conference with 53 senators. We have all been here before – where a John McCain, Lindsey Graham, Alaska Lisa, Romney – have influence far beyond their worth because they are the swing vote in Obamacare, Kavanaugh, Secretary of HHS. In 2024, there was absolutely zero voter fraud pushback in...
  • T.D. Jakes Claims Adam Was Eve’s Mother?

    02/10/2025 11:51:15 AM PST · by Morgana · 47 replies
    Protestia ^ | February 10, 2025 | staff
    During a recent sermon at The Potter’s House in Dallas, T.D. Jakes suggested that when God breathed life into Adam, He “breathed Eve into Adam,” and that ‘Adam was Eve’s momma’, implying a bizzare maternal role. We’ve recently written about Jakes when he noted how he disgraced his wife with his twerking comments, joined Joel Osteen for a conference where tickets cost $1000.00 , and is known to frequently wear insanely expensive designer shoes, clothes and watches that cost more than many of his congregants make in a year. (See endnotes) Jakes, who has continued to be platformed by those...
  • Elon Musk Says DOGE, Treasury Agree On New Anti-Fraud Measures To Claw Back $50 Billion In Payment Fraud

    02/09/2025 6:26:49 PM PST · by SeekAndFind · 33 replies
    Epoch Times ^ | 02/09/2025 | Tom Ozimek
    Elon Musk said Saturday that the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and the U.S. Treasury Department have agreed on new anti-fraud measures aimed at preventing tens of billions of dollars in fraudulent government entitlement payments each year. In a Feb. 8 statement shared on social media, Musk described the scale of the problem as “utterly insane,” citing estimates that at least $50 billion annually is being lost due to improper payments, including funds going to individuals without Social Security Numbers or even temporary ID numbers.Musk, who leads DOGE and has been designated a “special government employee” by President Donald Trump,...
  • $2.7 TRILLION of your hard-earned dollars down the drain.

    02/09/2025 12:33:11 PM PST · by kevcol · 32 replies
    X ^ | February 9, 2025 | @DOGECommittee
    Your money sent to: Fraudsters. Dead people. Illegal aliens. It has to stop. @DOGECommittee will EXPOSE the truth and offer solutions to fix it. FIRST HEARING 2/12 @ 10AM
  • Musk: This is what we’re dealing with everywhere in government: Jon Stewart Interviews [former] U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks

    02/09/2025 11:02:02 AM PST · by AndyJackson · 28 replies
    CSPAN via X ^ | Elon Musk / Jon Stewart
    Video of interviewTranscript here is a sample Dr. Kathleen Hicks (40:43): Audits and waste, fraud and abuse are not the same thing. So let’s decompose these pieces for a moment. Jon Stewart (40:49): Then please educate me on what the difference is. Dr. Kathleen Hicks (40:50): Sure. So an audit is exactly what you just described. Jon Stewart (40:52): Yes. Dr. Kathleen Hicks (40:52): Which is do I know what was delivered to which place? Jon Stewart (40:55): Right. Dr. Kathleen Hicks (40:56): The ability to pass an audit or the fact that the DOD has not passed on audit...
  • Chelsea Clinton $70 Million Net Worth, USAID Earnings [Wow, the real estate in Hawaii...]

    02/09/2025 10:28:46 AM PST · by simpson96 · 78 replies
    CaclubIndia ^ | 2/6/2025 | Kartik Pratap
    As of 2025, Chelsea Clinton’s net worth is $70 million. She is the daughter of former President Bill Clinton and Hillary. Chelsea Inherited the majority of her wealth through a trust fund, which includes couple of expensive properties in Maui and millions in stock holdings. Chelsea Clinton receives an annually-recurring funding from USAID, allocated by Obama for her Foundation, which provides afternoon meals to children in Africa, India, and Bangladesh. However, as of today, the reported number of meals served stands at 11,886, implying an astonishing cost of $1,410 per meal.(snip) After the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, USAID allocated more...
  • Energy experts blast failed billion-dollar DOE project as 'financial boondoggle,' 'disaster'

    02/09/2025 4:28:03 AM PST · by Libloather · 22 replies
    Fox News ^ | 2/09/25 | Aubrie Spady
    A major solar power plant project that was granted over a billion dollars in federal loans is on the road to closure, with energy experts blasting the project as a "boondoggle" that harmed the environment. In 2011, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) under former President Barack Obama issued $1.6 billion in loan guarantees to finance the Ivanpah Solar Power Facility, a green energy project that consists of three solar concentrating thermal power plants in California. The facility was touted by then-Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz as an "example of how America is becoming a world leader in solar energy."...
  • Lawmakers demand Bondi's DOJ investigate Biden's post-Election Day dismissal of green energy fraud lawsuit (only 5.97 years left)

    02/09/2025 12:23:00 AM PST · by Libloather · 9 replies
    Fox News ^ | 2/07/25 | Aubrie Spady
    EXCLUSIVE: Republican lawmakers are calling on the Trump administration to investigate President Biden's dismissal of a lawsuit claiming millions in fraud from a green energy project the day after the 2024 election. In 2011, President Barack Obama's Treasury Department granted Tonopah Solar Energy, LLC hundreds of millions of dollars for the construction of a green energy solar plant, the Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project, in Nevada. However, the energy group was eventually sued by CMB Export, LLC for alleged fraud involving approximately $275 million of taxpayer dollars in a qui tam lawsuit, which is a case on behalf of the...
  • DOJ fines USAID affiliate $3.1 million over fraud committed by Nigerian HIV/AIDS contractor Zenith Carex

    02/08/2025 11:52:57 PM PST · by 11th_VA · 26 replies
    https://gazettengr.com ^ | Feb 9, 2025 | ADEFEMOLA AKINTADE
    Chemonics International Inc. agreed to pay a fine of $3.1 million to the U.S. government over the fraudulent activities of its Nigerian subcontractor Zenith Carex for inflating its bills, massively overcharging U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) for distributing sensitive HIV/AIDS treatment packages. USAID had awarded the contract of delivering certain healthcare products to Chemonics, which later hired Zenith Carex for last-mile delivery (LMD) and long-haul delivery (LHD) services to execute the contract. Zenith Carex, a logistics and freight forwarding company based in Abuja, Nigeria, inflated its invoices to deliver the products which include HIV test reagents, a financial crime...