EXCLUSIVE: ‘Phantom employees' scandal spurs GOP crackdown on $36B incentive for companies to bypass Americans

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The federal government recovered over $6.8 billion in fraudulent payments and false claims in fiscal year 2025—the highest single-year recovery in the history of the False Claims Act. Whistleblowers were the driving force behind these efforts, helping recover over $5.3 billion of this total. [1]
The recovery statistics are detailed by the U.S. Department of Justice and include several major enforcement areas: [1, 2, 3]
  • Healthcare Fraud: This dominates False Claims Act recoveries, accounting for over $5.7 billion of the 2025 total. These actions involve Medicare, Medicaid, and TRICARE fraud.
  • Whistleblower (Qui Tam) Actions: A record-breaking 1,297 qui tam lawsuits were filed by whistleblowers.
  • Broader Fraud Initiatives: Recoveries also targeted government contracting and procurement fraud, cybersecurity compliance breaches, trade compliance evasion, and pandemic-relief fraud. [1, 2]
 
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But stopping it helps ..... unless its only temporary......

They recover money all the time. It was mentioned in the press conference today and easily research. Obviously they can't get it all but they will get everything they can along with seizures. People are going to blackpill especially when the Trump Administration gets results.
 
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The federal government recovered over $6.8 billion in fraudulent payments and false claims in fiscal year 2025—the highest single-year recovery in the history of the False Claims Act. Whistleblowers were the driving force behind these efforts, helping recover over $5.3 billion of this total. [1]
The recovery statistics are detailed by the U.S. Department of Justice and include several major enforcement areas: [1, 2, 3]
  • Healthcare Fraud: This dominates False Claims Act recoveries, accounting for over $5.7 billion of the 2025 total. These actions involve Medicare, Medicaid, and TRICARE fraud.
  • Whistleblower (Qui Tam) Actions: A record-breaking 1,297 qui tam lawsuits were filed by whistleblowers.
  • Broader Fraud Initiatives: Recoveries also targeted government contracting and procurement fraud, cybersecurity compliance breaches, trade compliance evasion, and pandemic-relief fraud. [1, 2]
That's a drop in the bucket compared to what's been stolen from us. They won't recover 10% of it.