Every Justice Department announcement of fraud against Medicaid, Medicare, SNAP, child care, PPP and other federal programs, searchable by state, program and stage.
Published · Checked against official sources
DOJ announcements
1,687
Since January 20, 2025 · 1,076 name an amount
Largest amount named
$1.2B
Medicare · Arizona · billed
Most common program
PPP/EIDL
574 announcements
Most announcements
Massachusetts
Massachusetts 134 · Florida 111 · New York 109
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Source: U.S. Department of Justice press releases, classified by WHIP Reward. Charged cases are allegations; defendants are presumed innocent unless proven guilty. Last rebuilt October 20, 2026.
We read every press release the Justice Department and the 94 U.S. Attorney's Offices publish on justice.gov, starting January 20, 2025. A release is included when it announces a charge, plea, verdict, sentence or civil settlement for fraud against a federal benefit or relief program. Each record is tagged with:
State: where the case is prosecuted, taken from the U.S. Attorney's Office that announced it, not where the defendant lives. Main Justice releases get a state only when the title names one.
Program: Medicaid, Medicare, SNAP, child care, PPP/EIDL, unemployment insurance and so on. A case can involve more than one.
Stage: the step the release announces. The same case appears again when it moves from charge to plea to sentence.
Amount: the dollar figure the release ties to this defendant's scheme. Restitution is the amount a court ordered repaid, settlement the amount paid to resolve civil claims, billed the amount claimed from the program (not the same as the loss), and alleged loss the loss or scheme size the release describes. Figures for a whole conspiracy or for national totals are left blank rather than assigned to one defendant.
Each row is one press release, not one case, so amounts should not be added up. Weekly digests and national takedown summaries are excluded, and duplicate releases are merged. Press releases do not cover every federal fraud case; use the counts as a guide to what prosecutors announce, not as an official tally. If you spot an error, tell us and we will fix it.
Every record is a press release published by the U.S. Department of Justice or a U.S. Attorney's Office on justice.gov. We classify each one by program, state and stage and link to the original. The database was last rebuilt on October 20, 2026.
Does a case listed here mean someone is guilty?
No. Records at the Charged stage are allegations. Defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in court. Later stages (guilty plea, conviction, sentencing) are listed as separate records when the DOJ announces them.
What does the dollar amount mean?
It is the figure the press release ties to the defendant's scheme: the alleged loss, the restitution ordered, the amount billed or the settlement paid. The Basis column says which. Because the same case can appear at several stages, amounts should not be added up.
Can I download the data?
Yes. The full table is available as CSV and JSON under a Creative Commons Attribution license. Please cite WHIP Reward and link to the original DOJ releases.