Vance Hosts Anti-Fraud Meeting As DOJ Creates National Fraud Enforcement Division
Vice President JD Vance convened an anti-fraud roundtable with state attorneys general, Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson and White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller on Tuesday, May 26, 2026.[1]
At the meeting, Ferguson announced that the Department of Justice has created a new National Fraud Enforcement division to coordinate the federal government's anti-fraud law-enforcement efforts.[1] Ferguson said the new division will work with the administration's anti-fraud task force and the Homeland Security Council to centralize federal anti-fraud activities.[1] White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller praised the task force as the "fastest in history" to move from creation to concrete actions.[1]
Vance framed the effort as aimed at protecting vulnerable people harmed by fraud in federal benefits programs.[1] Almost two dozen state attorneys general declined to attend the roundtable.[2]
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- On Tuesday, May 26, 2026, Vice President JD Vance convened an anti-fraud roundtable with several state attorneys general, Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson, and White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller.
- National Fraud Enforcement division — announced by FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson — has been created by the Department of Justice to coordinate the federal government's anti-fraud law-enforcement efforts.
- Ferguson said the new division will coordinate with the anti-fraud task force and the Homeland Security Council, centralizing federal anti-fraud activities across agencies.
- White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller praised the anti-fraud task force as the "fastest in history" to move from creation to concrete actions, underscoring the administration's rapid rollout.
- Vance emphasized that fraud in federal benefits programs harms vulnerable people and said the task force's work is aimed at protecting those communities.
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- On Tuesday, May 26, 2026, Vice President JD Vance convened an anti-fraud roundtable with several state attorneys general, Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson, and White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller.
- During the roundtable, FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson announced that the Department of Justice has created a new National Fraud Enforcement division to coordinate the federal government's anti-fraud law-enforcement efforts.
- Ferguson said the new division will coordinate with the anti-fraud task force and the Homeland Security Council, centralizing federal anti-fraud activities across agencies.
- Stephen Miller praised the anti-fraud task force as the "fastest in history" to move from creation to concrete actions, underscoring the administration's rapid rollout.
- Vance emphasized that fraud in federal benefits programs harms vulnerable people and said the task force's work is aimed at protecting those communities.