Waste, Fraud and Abuse
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Visa to buy AI-powered fraud intelligence company BioCatch in $2.4 billion deal
BioCatch uses artificial intelligence to analyze data points, including keystroke and mouse activity, touch screen behavior, AI agent usage and jailbroken devices, to prevent fraud and financial crimes.
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New Mexico woman pleads guilty for her part in $4M Medicaid scam, faces up to 10 years in prison
Irving and the company filed fake trip records to submit approximately $3,957,788 to New Mexico Medicaid in fraudulent claims.
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Trump admin pauses $1 billion in Medicaid payments to California, Minnesota over suspected fraud
Kennedy said that the states will need to provide documentation proving the payments are legitimate before the funds will be released.
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US to spend $50k to seed India with 'Pride/Rainbow' groups
Program to foster work environments in select Indan corporations that are "safe, nurturing, accepting, and inclusive for members of the TG community" follows $20,000 grant for drag shows in Ecuador.
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HHS to award $1 million to study "vaccine misinformation" effects
CDC project to monitor research, viewpoints straying from public health consensus in support of COVID-19 vaccines is envisioned as first step toward developing tool to anticipate and combat the impact of independent challenges undermining confidence in official narratives.
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Education Department funding Middle East Studies Centers pushing 'anti-West ideologies': new report
DOE is doling out $2.9M to university-affiliated programs that have morphed from centers of scholarship in area studies into hotbeds of leftist propaganda and activism, according to National Association of Scholars.
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Biden border crisis response: Assess damage to 'natural and cultural resources' in national parks
Cross-border drug and human trafficking have led to "thousands of miles of unauthorized roads and trails," disruption of "ecological processes and the migration patterns of wildlife," vandalizing and looting of important historic and archaeological sites, according to grant notice.
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IRS employees rip off COVID relief programs, splurge on trips, shopping sprees, DOJ alleges
With a combined $418,125 in fraudulently obtained loans, agency employees allegedly treated themselves to everything from fine jewelry, spa visits and Gucci accessories to a Mercedes and jaunts to Vegas.
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DOJ allocates $200k for 'high-quality' arts program for 'justice-involved youth'
Painting, sculpting, music, singing, digital media, dance and other programs are expected to reduce juvenile delinquency, shape "beneficial" experiences for youthful offenders.
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Government waste: HHS spends $8M to research free diaper distribution
The grant is for pilot program to evaluate how nonprofits and other agencies can provide free diapers to low-income families on a consistent basis.
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Feds award $1 million to nonprofit that funneled tax dollars to Chinese bat coronavirus lab
EcoHealth Alliance was a conduit for funding from Dr. Anthony Fauci's NIAID for controversial bat coronavirus experiments at the Wuhan Institute of Virology widely suspected to be the source of COVID-19.
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COVID-19 relief fraud likely 'biggest fraud' in US history, tax watchdog warns
"It's estimated that every dollar of wages saved by the relief money cost American taxpayers $4.13," said Taxpayers Protection Alliance's Dan Savickas.
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Over $1 billion in COVID relief awarded to foreign applicants: inspector general report
The Small Business Administration, which gave out the money, says it stopped most of the applications from foreign IP addresses.