DOJ announces data sharing agreement with states after $350 million in fraud found in southeast

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The Department of Justice and several states from the southeastern United States on Thursday announced a data-sharing agreement between states and the federal government after $350 million in fraud was uncovered in the region.

The Justice Department’s National Fraud Enforcement Division held a roundtable in Columbia, South Carolina, with U.S. attorneys, attorneys general, and over 50 state officials from across the southeast to discuss a federal-state partnership aimed at combatting fraud.

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