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Treasury intercepts nearly $99M in federal payments to deceased individuals under Trump fraud order

The U.S. Department of the Treasury has intercepted nearly $99 million in federal payments intended for deceased individuals using a new verification system deployed under President Donald Trump's executive order targeting government fraud, waste and abuse.BESSENT CREDITS TRUMP IMMIGRATION POLICIES WITH HELPING RETURN JOBS TO AMERICANS AS WAGE GAINS RESUMEFollowing Executive Order 14249, "Protecting America's Bank Account Against Fraud, Waste, and Abuse," the Department of the Treasury and the Bureau of the Fiscal Service implemented a verification process that reviewed more than 885 million p...