{"id":71208,"date":"2026-04-08T13:55:52","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T18:55:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/08\/jd-vances-task-force-flags-nearly-6-3b-in-government-contracts-going-to-potentially-fraudulent-businesses\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T13:55:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T18:55:52","slug":"jd-vances-task-force-flags-nearly-6-3b-in-government-contracts-going-to-potentially-fraudulent-businesses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/08\/jd-vances-task-force-flags-nearly-6-3b-in-government-contracts-going-to-potentially-fraudulent-businesses\/","title":{"rendered":"JD Vance’s task force flags nearly $6.3B in government contracts going to potentially fraudulent businesses"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fox News has learned Vice President JD Vance<\/a>\u2019s new anti-fraud task force has identified nearly $6.3 billion in government contracts that are going to potentially fraudulent businesses, marking a major milestone in the Trump administration’s mission to slash wasteful spending contributing to the national debt.<\/p>\n

The task force and General Services Administration are beginning to send out letters to nearly 400 businesses<\/a> with government contracts that they believe could be fraudulent, as first reported<\/a> by the Daily Caller. The businesses will have 30 days to prove to the task force that they have a physical address and are legitimate.<\/p>\n

A Vance spokesperson told Fox News the task force “will leave no stone unturned in the hunt for fraud.”<\/p>\n

“If fraudsters are robbing hardworking Americans of their tax dollars and services, we will find them,” the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n

SBA FREEZES OVER 100,000 CALIFORNIA BORROWERS IN SWEEPING $9B PANDEMIC FRAUD CRACKDOWN<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The announcement comes less than a month after President Donald Trump<\/a> signed an executive order establishing the team, led by Vance as chairman.<\/p>\n

The unit’s mission is to target what the administration described as widespread exploitation of the American safety net by “illegal aliens<\/a>, criminals, foreign gangs, bureaucrats,” and non-governmental organizations.<\/p>\n

The executive order argued certain states have embraced loopholes, allowing people to self-certify for benefits, including housing, food and medical care, while refusing to implement basic fraud controls.<\/p>\n

The order specifically highlights Minnesota as a primary example of “staggering fraud and waste<\/a>,” citing an alleged $250 million scam by nonprofit Feeding Our Future, rampant Medicaid fraud, and a massive childcare fraud ring involving Somali immigrants accused of funneling stolen taxpayer funds to an African terror group.<\/p>\n

The administration noted Minnesota and 20 other states<\/a> previously sued the federal government to block basic eligibility reviews for food stamp enrollees.<\/p>\n

Along with Vance, task force participants include Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson and Homeland Security advisor Stephen Miller<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Fox News has learned Vice President JD Vance\u2019s new anti-fraud task force has identified nearly $6.3 billion in government contracts that are going to potentially fraudulent businesses, marking a major milestone in the Trump administration’s mission to slash wasteful spending contributing to the national debt. The task force and General Services Administration are beginning to … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71208"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71208\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}