Waste, Fraud and Abuse
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Three charged with stealing $20M in 'Free College Benefit Program'
Defendants accused of diverting Pell grants and other federal financial aid state funds through “fraudulent reimbursements and illegal incentive payments.”
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New York made $7.6 million in improper Medicaid payments to incarcerated people, audit reveals
In one example, an individual incorrectly remained enrolled in managed care for 23 months while incarcerated.
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Childcare providers conspired with parents to scam taxpayers, documents show
Among the documents obtained were investigations noting reports about providers accused of coordinating with parents to fraudulently obtain taxpayer subsidies, where the parents were part of the alleged scam.
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DOD to spend $753 million on printing costs, after being asked to trim paper budget
Instead of decreasing its printing budget, per congressional request, DOD has increased the number of taxpayer dollars it spends annually on printing related measures
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Feds spent $66 million on a temporary immigrant detention center that was hardly used
Temporary holding facility was locked into exorbitant costs after vastly overestimating food, personnel needs.
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Round-trip flight that prompted Navy boss resignation cost taxpayers more than $240,000
Since-ousted official flew to Guam at public expense to reprimand popular carrier commander for leaked plea for relief from COVID-19 outbreak.
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Wasteful Spending? State Department sends hip-hop stars to India for cultural understanding
$70,000 on the idea that American hip-hop will accurately bridge the cultural gap between the U.S. and India
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Medicaid paid more than $50 million to health providers fired for bad conduct
The improper payments uncovered by the HHS Inspector General report potentially put patients' safety at risk, the watchdog says.
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Federal Flapjacks: Government invested in an IHOP, now may need to give it a bailout
This Columbia Heights IHOP is about to see its second injection of taxpayer dollars
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HUD paid subsidies for poor tenants who did not exist
Wasteful Spending Watch: Suspension of building management review program led to rampant fraud, criminal convictions
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Feds spending $7.5 million on retirement village for chimps
Government primates are being retired to New Mexico, with accounts of nearly $200,000 each.
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Wasteful Spending Watch: Census Bureau produces music video for Hawaiians
The video was paid for by a $1.8 million initiative to target Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders to participate in the census.
