President Donald Trump’s attempts to crack down on fraud are expanding to the Bay Area with the establishment of a new task force aimed at targeting health care fraud in the region.
Colin McDonald, the recently sworn-in U.S. Assistant Attorney General for National Fraud Enforcement at the Department of Justice, announced the creation of the “West Coast Health Care Fraud Strike Force” at the Philip Burton Federal Building in San Francisco on Thursday.
“Under the leadership of President Trump, the entire apparatus of the federal government is laser focused on fraud,” McDonald said. “If you steal from the American taxpayer, the Department of Justice and our law enforcement partners will do everything possible to award you free housing in a federal prison, and we will not stop there.”…