Trump is right to target fraud cartels. Here’s what should come next

At the State of the Union, President Donald Trump displayed a commitment to weed out ongoing and multifaceted efforts to defraud the American people. He announced that Vice President JD Vance would lead a “war on fraud,” promising to end the looting of the American taxpayer. This action adds firepower to the administration’s ongoing effort to identify and prosecute fraudsters.

Last week, the U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned individuals and entities tied to a timeshare fraud network operating out of Mexico and linked to the violent Jalisco New Generation cartel. 