New DOJ division to target fraud of all scales

Speaking at the swearing-in ceremony, Vance said the creation of the new division reflects a shift toward a more comprehensive enforcement strategy.

He noted that previous approaches had not fully addressed the scope of fraud affecting government programs.

“One of the things that we realized as we started to get into this job of combating fraud is that because the government had never really focused in such a holistic way on eliminating the fraud that's being committed against American taxpayers, we actually needed a new division within the Department of Justice,” Vance said...