“On August 5, 2026, U.S. Vice President J. D. Vance said that the White House Task Force to Eliminate Fraud had identified $230 billion in fraud since its establishment, based on what he described as a conservative estimate.”

The White House August 6, 2026 … Since the Task Force began its work, it has uncovered nearly $230 billion in fraud, stopped$56 billion in fraudulent payments that would have gone into the pockets of criminals, enforced more than $55 billion through indictments, settlements, and civil penalties, and secured hundreds of indictments and convictions.

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.

The interactive website, titled "The Fraud Ledger," highlights data collected since January 2025 by the White House Task Force to Eliminate Fraud, a panel chaired by Vice President JD Vance. … Overall, the White House reports that the task force has uncovered roughly $230 billion in suspected fraud.

The online “Fraud Ledger" said the administration has uncovered nearly $230 billion in fraud and stopped approximately $56 billion in fraudulent payments through its efforts to identify waste, abuse and improper spending across federal programs.

Vice President JD Vance, who chairs President Donald Trump's Task Force To Eliminate Fraud, said during remarks on Wednesday that the effort has identified $230 billion of suspected fraud so far.

WASHINGTON—Vice President JD Vance said on Aug. 5 that the Trump administration has identified $230 billion in fraud and prevented $56 billion in fraudulent payments since the president’s Fraud Task Force was established in March. … “We have been able to identify $230 billion of fraud just since the Fraud Task Force was set up, and that’s frankly by conservatively estimating it,” Vance said.

According to the White House, the website serves as a public dashboard that highlights investigations, criminal charges, funding suspensions, recoveries, and enforcement actions undertaken by the White House Task Force to Eliminate Fraud since its establishment earlier this year. President Donald Trump appointed Vice President JD Vance as chairman of the task force. … The administration said the task force has identified nearly $230 billion in suspected fraud, prevented $56 billion in fraudulent payments, and pursued more than $55 billion through indictments, settlements, and civil penalties.

Vice President JD Vance, leader of the White House’s Task Force to Eliminate Fraud, has uncovered $230 billion in fraud since January 2025. … “We will fundamentally always have a limitation unless our colleagues in the House and the Senate are working with us,” Vance said Wednesday at the roundtable event.

The Trump administration is estimating that it has identified $230 billion in fraud and stopped $56 billion in fraudulent payments since Vice President JD Vance and Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson started co-chairing their anti-fraud task force. … “Andrew and I had a meeting in my office last week, and he said, ‘Do you want to estimate it conservatively or do you want to estimate it aggressively?'” Vance told reporters in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on Wednesday. “I said, ‘Well, I kind of want to estimate it aggressively, but then all you people will criticize us, so let’s estimate it conservatively, so that we can give the American people the most rock-solid explanation of how this task force is working to protect their money.'”

Since then, Vance said the team has identified $230 billion in fraud and abuse, a figure the vice president identified as a conservative estimate.

The launch came a day after Vance said the task force has identified roughly $230 billion in fraud and prevented $56 billion in fraudulent payments since it was established in March, figures he described as conservative estimates.

Sec. 2. Establishment of the Task Force. (a) There is hereby established within the Executive Office of the President a Task Force to Eliminate Fraud (Task Force). … (b) The Vice President of the United States shall serve as the Chairman of the Task Force.

So far, the White House Anti-Fraud Task Force has uncovered $230 billion in fraudulent funds that have gone out the door through taxpayer-funded benefit programs — and halted at least $56 billion that would have otherwise gone toward scammers, Vance told reporters.

Vice President JD Vance called on Congress Wednesday to write the administration's anti-fraud campaign into law, telling lawmakers at a White House roundtable that the Task Force to Eliminate Fraud has identified $230 billion in suspected fraud and stopped $56 billion in fraudulent payments since President Donald Trump established it in March. … "We have been able to identify $230 billion of fraud just since the Fraud Task Force was set up, and that's frankly by conservatively estimating it," Vance said at the event in the Indian Treaty Room of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, attended by more than a dozen Republican lawmakers.

T he White House Task Force to Eliminate Fraud has estimated total fraud at $230 billion and has stopped $56 billion in fraudulent payments since its creation earlier in 2026. … Vice President JD Vance, along with Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson and advisor Stephen Miller, heads the task force and notes that the current figures represent only the most conservative estimates. … On Wednesday, August 5, Vance and fellow task force members held a roundtable at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building to outline the task force’s recent findings.

President Donald J. Trump and Vice President JD Vance are unleashing an unrelenting, full-scale assault on the fraudsters, scammers, and corrupt operators who have looted billions from American taxpayers. The White House Task Force to Eliminate Fraud is moving at unprecedented speed and ferocity to root out the waste, abuse, and criminal exploitation of government programs that have drained billions from hardworking taxpayers.

Speaking at a roundtable event with lawmakers focused on fraud prevention, Vance said the Trump administration’s fraud task force had identified $230 billion in fraud and stopped $56 billion in fraudulent payments since it was created.

Vice President JD Vance called on leaders in Congress to codify more than $230 billion in fraud on Wednesday. … He said the task force has identified more than $230 billion in fraud over the last several months, but Congress needed to help enforce it.

Speaking at a roundtable event with lawmakers focused on fraud prevention, Vance said the Trump administration’s fraud task force had identified $230 billion in fraud and stopped $56 billion in fraudulent payments since it was created.

Vice President JD Vance announced that the White House Task Force to Eliminate Fraud has identified approximately $230 billion in improper payments, systemic waste and alleged criminal fraud across federal agencies since its inception. … “There are a few things that I want to talk about and celebrate. The first is that just since the beginning of the fraud task force that I started under the president’s leadership and direction, we have identified 230 billion dollars of fraud that’s being perpetrated against the American people, and we have halted already 56 billion dollars of that,” Vance said during a Cabinet meeting on Friday.

Speaking at a roundtable event with lawmakers focused on fraud prevention, Vance said the Trump administration’s fraud task force had identified $230 billion in fraud and stopped $56 billion in fraudulent payments since it was created.

Vice President JD Vance said Friday that the Trump administration’s anti-fraud task force has already stopped $56 billion in improper payments while identifying an estimated $230 billion in fraud targeting federal programs and American taxpayers. … “Just since the beginning of the fraud task force that I started under the president’s leadership and direction, we have identified $230 billion of fraud that’s being perpetrated against the American people, and we have halted already $56 billion of that,” Vance said.

And I would say that's maybe the most exciting thing that's actually happened on the fraud task force, is the fact that we now have a leader on the anti-fraud side at DOJ who is going to work with the task force, who's going to use the resources that we're putting together to make sure that we really supercharge this anti-fraud effort.

Vice President JD Vance, chair of the newly formed Task Force to Eliminate Fraud, speaks during the task force's first meeting in the Indian Treaty Room at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington, Friday, March 27, 2026.

we have been able to identify 230 billion dollars of fraud just since the fraud task force was set up and that's frankly by conservatively estimating it.