By The Epoch Times | Created at 2026-08-06 19:42:01 | Updated at 2026-08-06 20:25:20
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The White House on Thursday announced it launched a new website to track the administration’s moves to eliminate alleged fraud, waste, and abuse in government agencies.
The tracker, which is part of the anti-fraud task force led by Vice President JD Vance that was established earlier this year, recorded more than $229 billion in fraud and other misuse of public funds that has been located across various federal departments since January of last year.
On the ledger, the task force stopped $56.4 billion in alleged fraudulent activity and enforced penalties worth $55.5 billion.
“Each partner agency reported three figures” to the task force led by Vance, the site said, stating that the “fraud uncovered” section on the site “represents total estimated fraud identified through data analysis” while the “fraud stopped” portion “counts the dollars saved annually through administrative actions such as provider suspensions and rule changes.”
Another section, titled “fraud enforced,” encompasses dollars that were recovered in settlements, penalties, and indictments, it said.
According to the ledger, the Small Business Association, led by Secretary Kelly Loeffler, identified the most fraud, with $122 billion. It stopped $1.3 billion and enforced penalties and other measures worth $22.6 billion.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), led by Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., identified $96.2 billion, stopped $46.1 billion, and enforced $30.5 billion in fraud, it also shows.
Another $7 billion was identified within the Department of Labor, with $2.5 billion stopped and $1.6 billion enforced, the ledger shows.
“President Trump and Vice President Vance are waging an all-out war on fraud, shutting down billions of dollars in taxpayer theft,” White House spokeswoman Olivia Wales wrote Thursday in a post on X.
“The Trump Administration is holding these criminals accountable and ensuring key federal programs remain viable for the Americans they were meant to support,” she added. Meanwhile, the White House confirmed Thursday in a separate post on the social media platform that it is launching the site.
A similar initiative was established under the now-defunct Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which was associated with Elon Musk, and was wound down by July 2026. DOGE’s website also included contracts, leases, and other items that were targeted for elimination by the Trump administration.
DOGE’s website was last updated in January 2026, listing $215 billion in total savings. It’s not clear whether the savings identified by DOGE were rolled into the new White House Fraud Ledger site’s reporting totals.
Vance, who was named to the anti-fraud task force earlier this year by the White House, wrote in an opinion article published by the Washington Post on Wednesday that members of Congress need to take action as part of “a whole-of-government approach” to “stop the exploitation of Americans’ generosity.”
“I don’t care where you came from, I don’t care what your name is. If you are committing fraud against the American people, all of us in public leadership should ... try to throw you in prison for enriching yourself off the American taxpayer,” he said in a recent interview with Fox News.
Earlier this week, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, an agency that processes visas and green cards, announced a reporting website where people can submit tips related to alleged immigration fraud, anti-government activities, or criminal activity.
