密苏里州启动 Operation Show-Me the Money：州政府与美国司法部联手查福利项目欺诈
位于美国中西部的密苏里州州长 Mike Kehoe 10月22日在州府 Jefferson City 的密苏里州议会大厦举行记者会，宣布启动 Operation Show-Me the Money 行动。密苏里州总检察长 Catherine Hanaway、美国密苏里东区联邦检察官 Thomas C. Albus 和美国密苏里西区联邦检察官 R. Matthew Price 出席记者会。州长办公室称，这是密苏里州与美国司法部 DOJ 之间一项前所未有的合作，目标是积极识别、调查和起诉涉及纳税人资金福利项目的欺诈。
州长办公室介绍，行动聚焦于由州管理、向机构和个人发放联邦资金的项目，州政府、州总检察长办公室与 DOJ 将扩大跨部门数据共享，集中州总检察长 Medicaid 欺诈控制部门的专职人员与 DOJ 力量协同调查。密苏里州州长 Mike Kehoe 在通报中表示，密苏里州不是欺诈之地，骗取制度、盗用纳税人资金的人将被追责。州总检察长 Catherine Hanaway 与两位联邦检察官也在通报中表示，将整合联邦调查与起诉资源和州政府对福利项目的管理信息，更早发现欺诈并立案。
州长办公室称，行动按三路推进：第一，接收州机构现有调查的移送和一线项目工作人员提供的线索；第二，对单个福利项目开展专项审查，首先从补充营养援助计划 SNAP 开始，查找可疑活动和制度漏洞；第三，跨多个州机构和项目比对数据，识别单看一个项目不易发现的欺诈模式。州长办公室还表示，行动除追查欺诈外，也将查找现有项目的薄弱环节，为今后的行政改进、项目完善或立法方案提供依据；密苏里州州长 Mike Kehoe 近期还与美国副总统 JD Vance 共同签署了防范欺诈承诺。（GSM 据密苏里州州长办公室10月22日通报报道）
Missouri Launches Operation Show-Me the Money: State and U.S. Department of Justice Target Benefit Program Fraud
Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe announced Operation Show-Me the Money at a press conference on October 22 at the Missouri State Capitol in Jefferson City, in Cole County, Missouri. Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri Thomas C. Albus and U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri R. Matthew Price joined the announcement. The governor's office described it as an unprecedented partnership between the State of Missouri and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to aggressively identify, investigate and prosecute fraud involving taxpayer-funded benefit programs.
The governor's office said the operation will focus on state programs that distribute federal funds to entities and individuals. The Kehoe Administration, the Missouri Attorney General's Office and the DOJ will expand cross-departmental data sharing, and dedicated staff from the Attorney General's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit will work with the DOJ to strengthen coordination and investigative efforts. Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe said in the release that Missouri is no place for fraud and that those who cheat the system and steal from taxpayers will be held accountable. Attorney General Catherine Hanaway and the two U.S. Attorneys also said in the release that combining federal investigative and prosecutorial resources with the state's knowledge of its benefit programs will help detect fraud sooner and build stronger cases.
The governor's office said the operation will use a three-pronged approach: first, referrals from existing state agency investigations and tips from frontline program staff; second, targeted reviews of individual benefit programs, beginning with the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), to identify suspicious activity and vulnerabilities; and third, data analysis across multiple state agencies and programs to detect patterns of potential fraud. The office said findings may inform future administrative changes, program improvements or legislative solutions, and noted that Governor Kehoe recently joined U.S. Vice President JD Vance in signing a pledge to protect Americans from fraud. (GSM, based on the October 22 release from the Office of the Missouri Governor)
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图片来源：图：位于 Jefferson City 的密苏里州议会大厦（资料图）。照片：Farragutful，CC BY-SA 4.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / The Missouri State Capitol in Jefferson City (file photo). Photo: Farragutful, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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