The Department of Justice has 8,000 fraud cases under investigation, just a “fraction” of the scams “ripping off our country every day,” said acting Attorney General Todd Blanche.
In his first press conference Tuesday, Blanche laid out details of the department’s National Fraud Enforcement Division, which was created in January, saying it represents “a comprehensive and coordinated approach” to investigating fraud.
Every U.S. Attorney’s office in the country will have at least one prosecutor dedicated to investigating fraud, said Blanche, who took the helm at Justice on April 2 after Pam Bondi was fired as attorney general.
Blanche said the department “will spare no resources” in giving the new division the tools it needs to complete investigations and track down the most sophisticated fraudsters….