Vice President JD Vance has officially been tapped to lead what the White House is calling a “War on Fraud,” a sweeping effort aimed at rooting out corruption, waste, and abuse across federal and state programs. And now, a powerful coalition of conservative state financial officers says it’s ready to join the fight — claiming it has already uncovered and halted more than $28 billion in taxpayer waste this year alone.
In a letter sent Thursday to the White House, the State Financial Officers Foundation (SFOF) threw its full support behind President Donald Trump’s anti-fraud push. The letter praised Trump’s warning that fraud scandals have “resulted in tens of billions of dollars being stolen from American taxpayers,” adding that such corruption “shreds the fabric of a nation.”
That’s not subtle language. And the numbers behind it are just as striking.
According to SFOF’s inaugural 2025 Oversight Report, its 40 affiliated treasurers, auditors, and comptrollers across 28 states — collectively overseeing more than $3 trillion in state funds — identified over $28 billion in waste, fraud, and abuse in 2025 alone.
Vice President Vance on his new role leading the Trump Administration’s War on Fraud:
“The American citizens were ripped off by people who shouldn’t be here, and by politicians who should have known better…we’re going to try to uncover as much as possible.”
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— Vice President JD Vance (@VP) February 25, 2026
Among the most significant findings:
In Florida, Chief Financial Officer Blaise Ingoglia flagged nearly $2 billion in excessive spending. In Kentucky, Auditor Allison Ball uncovered more than $836 million in improper Medicaid payments. In North Carolina, State Auditor Dave Boliek identified over $1 billion tied to lapsed salaries from long-term government vacancies. In Utah, Auditor Tina Cannon reported more than $518 million in fraud, waste, and abuse across agencies and nonprofits receiving state and federal dollars.
Medicaid fraud, in particular, has become a flashpoint. Following a major scandal in Minnesota, Vice President Vance announced Wednesday that the administration has temporarily halted certain Medicaid funding streams to the state.
The reason, Vance said, is to ensure Minnesota “takes its obligations seriously to be good stewards of the American people’s tax money.” A heavily redacted audit previously found widespread vulnerabilities in the state’s Medicaid system.
SFOF CEO OJ Oleka told Vance that his organization’s members are “allies already on the battlefield” and stand ready to partner with the administration. He emphasized that many state financial officers are independently elected, positioning them outside traditional political power structures and giving them leverage to expose mismanagement.
“The American people deserve nothing less,” Oleka wrote.
The broader message is clear: Conservative state watchdogs believe they’ve built a blueprint for aggressive fiscal oversight — and now want to scale it nationally.
With billions already flagged at the state level, a coordinated federal-state anti-fraud strategy could significantly expand oversight efforts, potentially reshaping how taxpayer dollars are monitored and protected.
As Vance steps into his new role, the administration is signaling that waste, fraud, and abuse will not just be campaign rhetoric — but a central pillar of governance moving forward.
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