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副总统向福克斯新闻数字频道透露，已有550亿美元流向涉嫌欺诈者的联邦款项已被暂停
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发布于2026年8月9日 美国东部时间下午1:01
万斯与斯蒂芬·米勒在反欺诈工作组圆桌会议上倡导改革
副总统J·D·万斯与白宫助手斯蒂芬·米勒周三与议员们共同出席了“消除欺诈特别工作组”圆桌会议并发表讲话。
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副总统J·D·万斯向福克斯新闻数字频道表示，部分移民社区正在助长波及数亿纳税人资金的大规模欺诈行为。
上周在白宫西翼办公室接受采访时，万斯谈到了他领导特朗普总统任内反欺诈工作组的工作。万斯称其团队已发现涉及移民社区的明确协作模式。
“你肯定能看到部分社区的欺诈模式，”万斯说，“起初可能是一名索马里人利用了系统漏洞，或是意识到甚至不需要有孩子就能从这些项目中领取资金。你只需声称自己有孩子，而根本无需任何核查。随后消息像野火一样传开，该社区的同类成员便纷纷涌入该项目。”
特朗普告诉捐赠者“我们需要选举万斯”，消息人士证实，正考虑2028年选择万斯或卢比奥
万斯同时也在牵头与伊朗的持续谈判，并且最近迎来了家中第四个孩子的诞生，工作事务十分繁忙。今年早些时候，明尼阿波利斯爆发大规模欺诈事件后，他被任命负责打击欺诈工作，目前正与医疗保险和医疗补助服务中心负责人穆罕默德·奥兹医生及其他机构开展合作。
近几个月来，明尼苏达州和加利福尼亚州数百个涉嫌欺诈的临终关怀和家庭健康机构的联邦款项已被暂停，另有多个州也处于该工作组的监控之下。万斯表示，其团队揭露的欺诈行为有众多受害者。
联邦政府住房部门加入万斯的反欺诈行动，白宫扩大追查范围：“关键力量”
“最直接、最明显的受害者是美国纳税人，”万斯说，“你把钱交给联邦政府，即便你不同意背后的政策，也会期待这笔钱能流向原本应受益的人群。”
“当一位新手妈妈为自己和宝宝申请救助时，资金却已经没了，”万斯补充道，他的办公室装饰着孩子们的画作、一串玫瑰经念珠、他与妻子乌莎在拉什莫尔山的亲吻合影，以及一个无糖激浪罐的玻璃复制品。
“又或是，自闭症儿童本应获得专为自闭症儿童家庭提供的服务，但欺诈者却从这些项目中牟取暴利，”他说，“有时他们甚至根本没有孩子，更别提有自闭症孩子在籍了。”
FBI将2名逃犯列入“头号通缉欺诈犯”名单，同时破获涉案65亿美元的历史性医保诈骗案：帕特尔
万斯透露，自特朗普就职以来，其团队已揭露约2300亿美元的欺诈案件，已有550亿美元流向涉嫌欺诈者的联邦款项被暂停。
据美国司法部消息，上周联邦和州执法部门起诉了19名被告，他们被控参与涉及向医疗保险和医疗补助服务中心提交超过400万美元索赔的诈骗计划。
宾夕法尼亚州总检察长戴夫·周日也宣布达成一项认罪协议，涉及此前起诉的21名被告案件中的最后一名被告人，该案件涉及该州超过170万美元的索赔。
起诉欺诈者是一回事，但万斯表示，追回被骗资金又是另一大挑战，因为其中大部分资金早已被花掉。
“追回资金非常困难，”万斯说，“资金一旦流出，再要回来就难了。”
“我们目前最有效的做法，其实是从一开始就阻止资金流出，因为这是确保美国民众不会蒙受损失的唯一真正途径。”
去年年底，独立记者尼克·雪莉的报道和社交媒体曝光了一个名为“优质学习中心”（原文如此）的日托中心网络，该机构涉嫌存在欺诈行为，经营者大多为索马里移民。
病毒视频涉事日托中心老板被控参与460万美元日托诈骗案，检察官称
相关报道引发了政府的迅速行动，前国土安全部部长克里斯蒂·诺伊姆派遣国土安全部和移民海关执法局特工前往明尼阿波利斯街头抓捕并驱逐非法滞留的索马里移民。此次部署引发了当地居民与联邦特工的冲突，最终升级为双城地区的暴力骚乱。
尽管副总统的职责在不同政府中有所不同，但特朗普非常倚重这位副手。万斯曾两次出国与伊朗领导人直接会晤，并定期向媒体通报谈判进展。这一职务是特朗普今年5月任命万斯为白宫反欺诈工作组组长、授予其“欺诈沙皇”头衔后新增的。
尽管肩负众多任务，刚年满42岁的万斯与妻子、第一夫人乌莎·万斯上月迎来了第四个孩子，使其成为150多年来首位在职期间生育子女的副总统。
“孩子总会让你把注意力放在他们身上，哪怕工作忙得不可开交，”万斯说，“今早我陪着我六岁的儿子，他学动物园动物叫，我问他‘伙计，你在干嘛？’他说‘我就是想让你别再盯着那破手机了。’我说‘好吧，这事可以先放一放。’”
第二夫人乌莎·万斯分享家庭照片，新生儿不到一周大
无论是在当前的岗位上，还是未来可能作为特朗普的继任者，万斯都认为家庭价值观让他更能胜任工作。
“孩子们活在自己的小世界里，会逼着你走进他们的世界，这是一件非常非常好的事，”他说，“这对我的心态有好处，对我的心灵也有好处，确实是件好事。当然这份工作有很多要求，日程也排得很满。”
万斯在2028年时将年满44岁，仅比约翰·F·肯尼迪当选总统时大一岁，当被问及竞选总统的可能性时，他总是避而不谈。尽管特朗普最近对记者表示，现在就 endorsed 继任者“为时过早”，但他的态度却前后矛盾。
一位知情消息人士周四向福克斯新闻数字频道证实，特朗普上月在椭圆形办公室与捐赠者会面时曾表示：“归根结底，我们需要选举万斯。”《华盛顿邮报》是首个报道特朗普此番言论的媒体。
普雷斯顿·米泽尔是福克斯新闻数字频道突发新闻撰稿人。
Vice President Vance says migrant communities show ‘clear pattern’ in federal fraud as investigations widen
2026-08-09T13:01:11-04:00 / Fox News
The vice president told Fox News Digital that $55 billion in federal payments to suspected fraudsters have been halted
By Preston Mizell Fox News
Published August 9, 2026 1:01pm EDT
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Vice President JD Vance and White House aide Stephen Miller spoke at a Task Force to Eliminate Fraud roundtable event with lawmakers on Wednesday.
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Certain migrant communities are helping to drive widespread fraud that has cost taxpayers billions of dollars, Vice President JD Vance told Fox News Digital.
In an interview in his office in the West Wing of the White House last week, Vance discussed his work leading the fraud task force under President Trump. Vance said his team has found a clear pattern of collaboration involving migrant communities.
“You definitely see patterns where certain communities,” Vance said. “It’ll start as maybe one Somali person takes advantage of the system, or realizes you don’t even have to have children to get money from these programs. You could just claim that you have children, there’s no verification. Then, word spreads like wildfire, and that program gets tapped into by the same members of that community.”
Vice President JD Vance speaks next to Administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Mehmet Oz about combating fraud at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C., Feb. 25, 2026.(REUTERS)
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Vance, who is also leading ongoing negotiations with Iran and recently welcomed a new addition to his family, has a robust portfolio. He was tapped to tackle fraud after the issue exploded in Minneapolis earlier this year and is now working with Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz and other agencies.
In recent months, hundreds of hospice and home health agencies suspected of fraud in Minnesota and California have had federal payments suspended, and a number of other states are also under the watch of the task force. Vance said the fraud his team has uncovered has many victims.
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“The first and the most obvious victim is the American taxpayer,” Vance said. “You give your money to the federal government, and you expect the federal government, even if you disagree with the policy behind it, you expect that money to go to the people that it’s supposed to go to.”
Vice President JD Vance attends a Cabinet meeting at Camp David in Maryland on July 31, 2026.(Aaron Schwartz/AFP via Getty Images)
“When a new mom goes to apply for help for herself and her baby, the money isn’t there anymore,” said Vance, whose office is adorned with artwork by his kids, a rosary, a photo of him and Usha kissing on Mount Rushmore and a glass replica of a diet Mountain Dew can.
“Or, you have autistic kids who benefit from services that are meant to go to the families of children with autism, and you have fraudsters who get rich off these programs,” he added. “Sometimes they don’t even have children, much less autistic children enrolled.”
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Vance revealed that roughly $230 billion in fraud has been uncovered since Trump took office and that $55 billion in federal payments to suspected fraudsters has been halted.
Last week, federal and state law enforcement charged 19 defendants accused of participating in schemes involving more than $4 million in claims submitted to Medicare and Medicaid, according to the Department of Justice.
Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday also announced a plea agreement involving the final defendant in a previously charged 21-defendant case tied to more than $1.7 million in claims in the Keystone State.
Vice President JD Vance sat down with Fox News Digital reporter Preston Mizell in his White House office to discuss the latest updates from his fraud task force and the birth of his fourth child.(Courtesy of the White House)
Prosecuting fraudsters is one thing, but Vance said that recouping the money presents yet another challenge, since much of it has already been spent.
“Getting money back is very hard,” Vance said. “Once it’s gone out the door, it’s very hard to get it back.”
“What we’ve done most effectively is actually just stop the money from going out the door in the first place, because that’s the only real way to ensure the American people don’t lose it.”
At the end of last year, reports and social media coverage from independent journalist Nick Shirley exposed a network of daycare centers, like the “Quality Learing (sic) Center,” that were allegedly fraudulent and operated mostly by Somali immigrants.
Quality Learning Center in Minnesota was identified at the center of an alleged childcare fraud scandal in the state.(Madelin Fuerste/Fox News)
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The reports sparked swift action from the administration, and former Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem deployed DHS and ICE agents to the streets of Minneapolis to catch and deport Somali immigrants in the country illegally. The deployment sparked a clash between local residents and federal agents that exploded into violent riots across the Twin Cities.
While the duties of a vice president vary from one administration to another, Trump has leaned heavily on his No. 2. Vance has traveled abroad twice to meet directly with Iranian leaders and regularly provides updates on the negotiations to the press. That role came after Trump appointed Vance as the head of the White House’s anti-fraud task force in May, dubbing him the “Fraud Czar.”
Despite his array of assignments, Vance, who recently turned 42, and his wife, first lady Usha Vance, had their fourth child last month, making him the first sitting vice president to have a child in more than 150 years.
Vice President JD Vance and second lady Usha Vance with their four children.(Second Lady Usha Vance @SLOTUS on X)
“Kids have a way of forcing you to focus on them, even when things are crazy at work,” Vance said. “[I was] with my six-year-old this morning, who was making like zoo animal noises, and I was like, ‘Buddy, what are you doing?’ And he said, ‘I just want you to get off the stupid phone.’ And I said, ‘Alright, this can wait.’”
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Whether in his current role or possibly as Trump’s would-be successor, Vance believes his family values make him better at his job.
“Kids are so, they’re so in their own little world that they sort of force you to go into their world, and that’s a very, very good thing,” he said. “It’s good for my psychology. I think it’s good for my soul, but it’s a very good thing. The job obviously has its demands and the schedule can get kind of crazy.”
President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance attended the inauguration ceremony in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda on Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington, D.C.(Julia Demaree Nikhinson – Pool/Getty Images)
Vance, who at 44 would be just a year older in 2028 than John F. Kennedy was when he was elected president, has always demurred when asked about running for president. But although Trump recently told reporters it is “way too early” for him to endorse a successor, he has sent mixed signals.
“At the end of the day, we need to elect JD,” Trump said during an Oval Office meeting with donors last month, a source with knowledge of the comments confirmed to Fox News Digital on Thursday. The Washington Post was the first to report the president’s comments.
Preston Mizell is a writer with Fox News Digital covering breaking news.
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