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Trump's Fraud Division takes the gloves off in fight against foreign nationals, others

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The Justice Department’s National Fraud Enforcement Division has now released its first comprehensive enforcement strategy. Assistant Attorney General Colin McDonald circulated the memo on Thursday to all Fraud Division personnel, highlighting five focus areas: public trust, health care fraud, internal revenue scams, global trade subversion, and corporate misconduct. ‘For too long, lax oversight allowed bad actors — often foreign nationals — to exploit these programs for personal enrichment at the expense of hard-working Americans and their financial security.’ President Donald Trump announced the division in January and formally launched it in April after Somali fraud scams began to dominate headlines and highlight the staggering costs of fraud. The Government Accountability Office puts annual losses from fraud somewhere between $233 billion and $521 billion. McDonald called the numbers “shocking” and said the damage hits “the hearts and souls of Americans” just as hard as their walle