And that's why this bill nearly doubles the FBI's mortgage and financial fraud program, allowing it to better target fraud in hard-hit areas.
Actually having gradual steps in the program will help alleviate program fraud (in either bill).
And then one also not very important financial person committed some fraud related to the TARP program and he just plead guilty.
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But this pension system is ripe for common-sense reforms, including changing eligibility ages and benefit structures for those with greater means, ridding the Social Security disability program of pervasive fraud, and removing disincentives for those who would rather work in their later years.
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While fraud in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is a relatively limited problem, any amount of waste or abuse is too much.
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We will root out -- we will root out the waste and fraud and abuse in our Medicare program that doesn't make our seniors any healthier.
Not surprisingly, according to one Harvard expert, Medicaid overpayments routinely clock in at 6-7 percent (based on official government audits) and the program is rife with fraud.
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But I doubt he ever expected his own alma mater would be at the heart of a major NCAA investigation concerning improper benefits and academic fraud within the Tar Heel football program.
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We will root out the waste, fraud and abuse in our Medicare program that doesn't make our seniors any healthier, and we will restore a sense of fairness and balance to our tax code by finally ending the tax breaks for corporations that ship our jobs overseas.
Fans of the recent health care legislation say that it will strengthen the Medicare program by cracking down on fraud, waste and abuse.
The inspector generals who have been looking at each one of these projects -- there's a panel of 10 inspector generals that reviews this -- there's very, very few -- I mean, less than a couple dozen that have been referred for further investigation, based on all the reports of any fraud coming in as a conduct of the program.
That means, in appropriate cases, barring CEOs and company business units that committed fraud from working in the same industry or receiving federal program dollars.
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You can try for small penalties, but once outside the program, the IRS may assess the civil fraud penalty, information return penalties or even pursue criminal prosecution (although that has evidently not happened to anyone yet).
David Bratvold, founder of the industry publication The Daily Crowdsource, says the CAPS program seems premature, and the wrong approach to preventing fraud.
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Chalabi said the Coalition Provisional Authority is unhappy with his demands for Iraq's provisional government to be given full control of the Iraqi army after the June 30 handover and for control of the investigation of fraud in the U.N. oil-for-food program.
The report goes on the detail other taxpayer concerns including taxpayer identity theft, tax return preparer fraud, high rates of targeted audits and problems with the Offshore Voluntary Disclosure program.
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Congress included an enhanced whistleblower program in Dodd-Frank not only to help the government root out fraud but also to encourage corporations to better police themselves and address illegal conduct head on.
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Critics in Congress have said they would like to see much bigger numbers coming from the detection system given the sheer size of the Medicare program, which by some estimates costs taxpayers tens of billions of dollars a year in fraud.
Kimberly Brandt, the head of program integrity for Medicare, concedes that until recently, CMS didn't actually look for fraud.
Anti-fraud rules can hinder banks and insurers getting funds to their customers, and the federal National Flood Insurance Program undermines the insurance process and encourages building in flood-prone areas.
The FY 2008 REAL ID Demonstration Grant Program is designed to standardize the way driver's licenses are issued and will help protect citizens against fraud and identity theft.
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