Vice President JD Vance is the country's fraud czar. The Department of Justice announced six healthcare fraud convictions in the past three weeks. Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo
June 4 (UPI) -- The U.S. Department of Justice announced that it had secured the convictions of six people in the past three weeks on healthcare fraud charges, totaling about $1.1 billion in fraud.
The cases were tried between May 13 and June 1 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Los Angeles, Detroit, New York City and Nashville.
The Justice Department announced the creation of the National Fraud Enforcement Division on April 7, and on April 3, President Donald Trump named Vice President JD Vance as the country's fraud czar.
"The Fraud Division is laser-focused on investigating and prosecuting those who commit fraud against the American people," a department press release said.
