Overview
- The Fraud Accountability Act, led by Sen. Marsha Blackburn with Sens. John Cornyn, Tom Cotton and Ted Budd, would make any fraud conviction a ground for removal and require denaturalization upon conviction for naturalized citizens.
- Key provisions would remove the current $10,000 fraud threshold, mandate detention of noncitizens convicted of fraud during removal proceedings, authorize regular criminal courts to revoke citizenship, and apply retroactively to offenses on or after Sept. 30, 1996.
- Rep. Buddy Carter is introducing a House companion, and the measure remains a proposal that would require passage by Congress before taking effect.
- Federal prosecutors estimate Minnesota schemes siphoned up to $9 billion, with the Justice Department charging 98 people and reporting 60 guilty pleas, according to Attorney General Pam Bondi.
- CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz said the agency is auditing 14 Minnesota Medicaid programs and pausing payments on claims flagged for suspected fraud, waste or abuse.