Fraud Task Force, DOJ Prosecute Half-a-Billion Dollars in Health Care, COVID Schemes

Officials estimate that fraudsters steal up to $300 billion annually from various government programs nationwide.

The Department of Justice building in Washington on March 11, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times

The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced three separate criminal and civil actions on April 7 seeking to hold two individuals and two companies accountable for schemes to steal more than $500 million from taxpayer-funded programs.

The defendants are two companies implicated in an Affordable Care Act (ACA) fraud scheme, a California man pleading guilty to medication reimbursement fraud, and a Nevada woman sentenced to prison for COVID-19 tax credit fraud, the department said in an April 7 statement.