The new "Document and Benefit Fraud Task Forces" will be located in Atlanta, Ga., Boston, Mass., Dallas, Texas, Denver, Colo., Detroit, Mich., Los Angeles, Calif., New York, N.Y., Newark, N.J., Philadelphia, Pa. and St. Paul, Minn. The 10 new task forces build upon the success of an existing document and benefit fraud task force in the Washington, D.C. / northern Virginia area.
Led by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the task forces build on existing partnerships to bring investigators together from a variety of agencies with expertise in different aspects of document and benefit fraud. These agents will partner with U.S. Attorney's Offices to formulate a comprehensive approach in targeting criminal organizations behind these schemes as well as the ineligible beneficiaries of such fraud. Any case where a sufficient nexus to terrorism is discovered will be referred to the Joint Terrorism Task Forces.
Participants in the task forces include ICE, the Department of Justice, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Department of Labor Office of Inspector General, Social Security Administration Office of Inspector General, State Department Office of Inspector General, State Department Bureau of Diplomatic Security, U.S. Postal Inspection Service, U.S. Secret Service and numerous state and local law enforcement agencies. The task forces will primarily target two types of crimes, document fraud and immigration benefit fraud.
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