Report exposes millions in fraud as Vance gets nominated to lead 'war on fraud'

WASHINGTON (TNND) — A coalition of conservative state financial officers said that it has uncovered billions of dollars in taxpayer dollars, following Vice President J.D. Vance being appointed to lead the “War on Fraud.”

The State Financial Officers Foundation on Thursday praised President Donald Trump for his efforts to tackle fraud and are ready to help the effort.

The report released by the foundation lays out some examples of found fraud, including an auditor in Kentucky discovering $836 million in improper Medicaid payments, according to Fox News.

The report also states that State Auditor Dave Boliek found over $1 billion in expired salaries from vacancies in North Carolina.

SFOF CEO OJ Oleka told Vance that he and his team are ready to standby to help root out the fraud.

"By working together, we can protect our nation’s treasure to the fullest extent against every foe and every plot to endanger it," he wrote.

SFOF argued that since there is so much fraud at the individual state level, the federal and state government could work together to root it out.

*“There are way too many Americans who are being defrauded by very bad actors in our society, people who take the goodwill and the trust of the American taxpayer, and they decide to use it against us,” Vance *said earlier this week.

said earlier this week.

“They decide to make themselves rich instead of allowing these programs that are set up to make it easier for people to take care of their families, to make it easier for autistic kids to get the afterschool services they need, to make it easier for people to get the health care that they need,” he continued.

“And we are going to start, very aggressively the administration, cracking down on the people and the organizations that are defrauding Americans.”

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