The vice president, who was tapped by Trump to chair an anti-fraud task force, said misuse of government social programs is not a victimless crime, but instead a harm to every American taxpayer.
“You are the first victim of fraud,” Vance told the crowd, as signs hung nearby that read “PROTECTING TAXPAYER DOLLARS” and “FIGHTING FRAUDSTERS.”
Vance said Maine has become one of the worst states in the nation for incidents of fraud.
The visit to Maine comes after the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Dr Mehmet Oz said earlier in the year that he was calling for corrective action on fraud in government health programs in Maine.
