西弗吉尼亚州两区联邦检察官组建反欺诈工作组 多机构在 Clarksburg 举行首次会议
美国司法部西弗吉尼亚南区联邦检察官 Moore Capito 与北区联邦检察官 Matthew L. Harvey 宣布，两区已联合联邦、州与地方多家执法伙伴，在西弗吉尼亚州组建 Mountain State Fraud and Diversion Task Force（山地州反欺诈与分流工作组），专门打击全州范围内的欺诈犯罪。工作组首次会议在位于 Clarksburg 的联邦调查局刑事司法信息服务局（FBI CJIS）设施举行。
司法部在发布中指出，欺诈每年给美国消费者造成高达 5,000 亿美元的损失，推高保险费、医疗费用与各类商品价格，并掏空受害人的退休金与积蓄。Capito 说，他担任联邦检察官的第一年让他清楚看到欺诈对西弗吉尼亚人的威胁有多严重，打击欺诈需要全州跨区协作；两区在首次会议前已在辖区内与地方检察官和执法人员举行了一系列圆桌会，听取基层对各地欺诈形态的介绍。
Harvey 说，欺诈让普通美国人付出的代价太高，西弗吉尼亚人工作太辛苦，不该把钱丢给骗子；工作组将协作打击从医疗、保险、税务到个人欺诈的各类案件，并表示，凡是设局行骗的人，执法部门都会找到他、起诉他、给他定罪。
工作组成员包括西弗吉尼亚州两个联邦检察官办公室、联邦与州及地方执法机构，以及西弗吉尼亚州总检察长办公室。工作组计划每年举行两次会议。首次会议上，两位联邦检察官与各自办公室的助理联邦检察官介绍了日常反欺诈工作与追回款项的情况，国家欺诈侦测中心介绍了欺诈趋势、侦查技术与可用资源，国家欺诈执法司也介绍了其任务、伙伴关系、数据分析与资产追回资源。
多个联邦执法机构的负责人在发布中表态支持。美国缉毒局（DEA）路易斯维尔分局特别探员主管 Jim Scott 说，该局将专注于其权限范围，确保合法药品供应链的闭环完整。美国住房和城市发展部（HUD）监察长办公室特别探员主管 Shawn Rice 说，欺诈手法日益复杂、跨越辖区、牵涉多个政府机构，执法协作对保护社区至关重要。国税局刑事调查局（IRS-CI）华盛顿特区分局执行特别探员主管 Kareem A. Carter 说，该局探员以财务与税务专长著称，将与伙伴共同调查、瓦解欺诈团伙并追究其责任。
司法部在发布中还提到，2026 年 4 月 7 日，司法部宣布成立国家欺诈执法司，专注调查与起诉针对美国公众的欺诈；该工作与由副总统主持的总统消除欺诈工作组相衔接，该工作组是联邦政府整体推进的行动，目标是处理联邦福利项目中的欺诈、浪费与滥用。
（来源：美国司法部西弗吉尼亚南区联邦检察官办公室）
West Virginia's Two U.S. Attorneys Create Mountain State Fraud and Diversion Task Force
U.S. Attorney Moore Capito of the Southern District of West Virginia and U.S. Attorney Matthew L. Harvey of the Northern District of West Virginia announced that they have joined with federal, state and local partners to create the Mountain State Fraud and Diversion Task Force to combat fraud across West Virginia. The task force held its inaugural meeting at the FBI Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) facility in Clarksburg, West Virginia.
The Department of Justice said fraud costs consumers up to $500 billion annually, raising the costs of insurance premiums, health care and other goods, and depleting victims' retirement funds and savings across the country. Capito said his first year as U.S. Attorney made clear how serious a threat fraud poses to West Virginians and that fighting it requires working together across the state. Ahead of the inaugural meeting, the two offices held a series of roundtables with local prosecutors and law enforcement officers across the district to learn how fraud is affecting their communities.
Harvey said fraud comes with too high a cost for the average American, and that West Virginians work too hard to lose money to fraudsters. The task force will collaborate to fight fraud in every corner, from health care to insurance to tax to personal fraud, he said, adding that those who scheme will be found, charged and convicted.
The task force comprises both U.S. Attorney's Offices in West Virginia, federal, state and local law enforcement, and the West Virginia Attorney General's Office, and plans to meet twice a year. At the inaugural meeting, attorneys from both offices shared their day-to-day anti-fraud work and money recovered, the National Fraud Detection Center spoke about trends, investigative techniques and resources, and the National Fraud Enforcement Division shared information about its mission, partnerships, analytics and asset recovery resources.
Leaders of several federal law enforcement agencies voiced support in the release. Jim Scott, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration's (DEA) Louisville Field Division, said the DEA will work to ensure the closed loop of the legitimate pharmaceutical supply chain remains intact. Shawn Rice, Special Agent in Charge with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Office of Inspector General, said fraud schemes are becoming increasingly complex, crossing jurisdictions and affecting multiple agencies, making collaboration essential. Kareem A. Carter, Executive Special Agent in Charge of IRS Criminal Investigation's Washington, D.C., Field Office, said IRS-CI agents are known for lending financial and tax expertise to complex investigations and will work with partners to investigate, dismantle and hold accountable those who perpetrate fraud.
The release also noted that on April 7, 2026, the Department of Justice announced the formation of the National Fraud Enforcement Division, which focuses on investigating and prosecuting fraud against the American public, and that the effort supports the President's Task Force to Eliminate Fraud, a whole-of-government initiative chaired by the Vice President to address fraud, waste and abuse in federal benefit programs.
(Source: U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of West Virginia)
来源：美国司法部西弗吉尼亚南区联邦检察官办公室
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