Musk Says DOGE, Treasury Agree on New Anti-Fraud Measures to Claw Back $50 Billion in Payment Fraud

One of the most significant changes will be the requirement that all outgoing government payments include a payment categorization code.

The U.S. Department of the Treasury in Washington on Feb. 7, 2025. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

Elon Musk said on Feb. 8 that the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and the Treasury Department have agreed on new anti-fraud measures aimed at preventing tens of billions of dollars’ worth of 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 because of improper payments, including funds going to people without Social Security numbers or even temporary ID numbers.