Fraud risk expert says issue is ‘not political,’ welcomes DOGE efforts

The long -standing Risk Occupation expert Linda Miller was cautiously optimistic in an interview that broadcast on Sunday about Government Efficiency Department (Doge)Although she emphasized that the need to stop the government fraud is not political.

“I really think the fraud is not a political question. These are things mom and apple,” Miller said “60 minutes.” “We all agree that bad actors should not steal US taxpayers. But now it has become political. People like me and people in the community to enforce the law, we see an opponent, not as a Republicans or Democrats, but as a foreign opponent nation -state and organized crime.”

She added, “And I believe there are options to save a lot of significant money, if they focus on the correct things, if they focus on the real fraud.”

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Elon Musk and the Government Efficiency Department aim to reduce state consumption and fraud. (Getty Images)

However, Miller explained that founder of Doge and Dogeo Elon musk He is inclined to equalize the “fraud” with “wasteful consumption”, for which she pointed out two separate questions.

“Maybe you disagree with What USAID doesYou may not want, for example, to invest the US dollars, for example, a foreign fertilizer – you may think it’s wrong to spend money, but it’s not a fraud, “Miller said.

During the “60 minutes” segment, Cecilia Vega’s correspondent spoke with experts like Miller, who claimed that hundreds of billions of dollars in fraud were not only caused by people who were falsely taking disability benefits, but also international crime rings from enemy nations such as Russia or China, such actions such as the bridegroom.

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Linda Miller warned “60 minutes” for a government fraud to approach $ 1 billion. (Getty Images)

Although she said that “the jury is still” about whether Doge was effective in the fight against fraud, Miller said she saw signs that she was dealing with real problems.

“To be honest, Elon Musk goes out and say,” There is a huge amount of fraud, “I fully welcome this message because, finally, someone actually says that,” Miller said.

Last month was identified by a Musk volunteer and Doge Antonio Gracias More than 2 million non -citisians which were issued social security numbers in FY2024. So far, they have discovered that approximately one million noncititizans have been published by social security numbers in the FY2025, which began in October and will end in September.

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