{"id":20379,"date":"2026-02-28T13:15:04","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T13:15:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/?p=20379"},"modified":"2026-02-28T13:15:04","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T13:15:04","slug":"report-exposes-billions-in-uncovered-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/?p=20379","title":{"rendered":"Report exposes billions in uncovered fraud"},"content":{"rendered":"

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(FOX NEWS) \u2013 As the Trump administration appoints Vice President\u00a0JD Vance\u00a0to lead a nationwide \u201cWar on Fraud,\u201d a coalition of conservative state financial officers says it has already uncovered and stopped billions in taxpayer waste and is pledging to partner with the White House to root out corruption nationwide.\n<\/p>\n

Pray for your fellow\u00a0<\/span>intercessor<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n

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In a Thursday letter to the White House, the State Financial Officers Foundation (SFOF) praised President\u00a0Donald Trump\u2019s\u00a0focus on what he called fraud scandals that have \u201cresulted in tens of billions of dollars being stolen from American taxpayers,\u201d writing that such corruption \u201cshreds the fabric of a nation\u201d\n<\/p>\n

SFOF CEO OJ Oleka told Vance that the group\u2019s 40 conservative state treasurers, auditors and comptrollers across 28 states stand ready to support the administration\u2019s anti-fraud mission, noting they collectively oversee more than $3 trillion in state funds.\n<\/p>\n

The letter accompanied SFOF\u2019s inaugural 2025 Oversight Report, which claims that affiliated state financial officers safeguarded more than $28 billion of waste, fraud, and abuse\u00a0in 2025 alone.\n<\/p>\n

The report highlights some of the most egregious examples within that $28 billion, including in Florida, where Chief Financial Officer Blaise Ingoglia just under $2 billion in excessive spending, and in Kentucky, where Auditor Allison Ball found more than $836 million in improper Medicaid payments.\n<\/p>\n

Medicaid fraud has been of particular interest to the Trump administration given the massive fraud scandal that has unfolded in Minnesota and Vance\u00a0said on Wednesday\u00a0the administration has \u201cdecided to temporarily halt certain amounts of Medicaid funding that are going to the state of Minnesota in order to ensure that the state of Minnesota takes its obligations seriously to be good stewards of the American people\u2019s tax money.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

The report also highlights North Carolina, where it says State Auditor Dave Boliek discovered more than $1 billion in lapsed salaries from long-term vacancies in the state. Additionally, Utah auditor Tina Cannon identified more than $518 million in fraud, waste and abuse across agencies and nonprofits receiving state and federal funds.\n<\/p>\n

In his letter, Oleka told Vance that SFOF\u2019s members are \u201callies already on the battlefield\u201d and stand ready to assist the administration in protecting taxpayer dollars.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cThe American people deserve nothing less,\u201d he wrote.\n<\/p>\n

SFOF argues that state-level financial watchdogs, often elected independently of governors and legislatures,\u00a0are uniquely positioned to expose mismanagement and enforce fiscal discipline.\n<\/p>\n

With billions already identified at the state level, the group says a coordinated federal-state approach could dramatically expand the scope of fraud detection nationwide, potentially reshaping how taxpayer dollars are safeguarded across the country.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cBy working together, we can protect our nation\u2019s treasure to the fullest extent against every foe and every plot to endanger it,\u201d Oleka wrote.\n<\/p>\n

Share your prayers for VP Vance as he takes on fraud and waste below.<\/h4>\n

This article was originally published in Fox News.<\/em>
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