The expert in fraud risks Linda Miller was cautiously optimistic in an interview that was issued on Sunday about the Government Efficiency Department (Doge), although she emphasized that the need to stop government fraud is not political.
“I really believe that fraud is not a political problem. These are mom and apple cake things,” Miller told “60 minutes.” “We all agree that the bad actors should not steal dollars from US taxpayers. But now, it has become a politician. People like me and people in the community of application of the law, we see the adversary, not as Republicans or Democrats, but as the foreign state-state and the rings of organized crimes.”
She added: “And I think there are opportunities for Doge to save a lot of significant money, if they focus on the right things, if they focus on real fraud.”
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Elon Musk and the government's efficiency department aim to reduce government spending and fraud. (Getty images)
However, Miller clarified that the founder of Dege and Doge, Elon Musk, tended to equate “fraud” with “unnecessary expense”, which said they were two separate problems.
“You may not agree with what Usaid does, you may not want to invest US dollars in foreign fertilizer, for example, it may think it is something wrong to spend money, but that is not fraud,” said Miller.
During the “60 minutes” segment, the correspondent Cecilia Vega spoke with experts such as Miller, who argued that hundreds of billions of dollars in fraud were caused not only by people who obtained benefits for disability, but also by rings of international hostile nations crimes such as Russia or China, through actions such as the theft of funds from the Government of the Government of disaster.
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Linda Miller warned “60 minutes” that government fraud was approaching $ 1 billion. (Getty images)
Although he said that the “jury is still out” about whether Doge has been effective in fighting fraud, Miller said he saw signs that he was addressing the right problems.
“To be honest, Elon Musk comes out and says: 'There is a lot of fraud', I completely welcome that message because, finally, someone is saying this,” said Miller.
Last month, the Musk and Doge volunteer, Antonio thanks, identified more than 2 million non -citizens who received social security numbers in the 2010 fiscal year. Until now, they have found that approximately 1 million non -citizens received social security numbers in the 201025 fiscal year, which began in October and will end in September.
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