Document & Benefit Fraud Task Forces
Document and benefit fraud pose a severe threat to national security and public safety because they create a vulnerability that may enable terrorists, criminals and illegal aliens to gain entry to and remain in the United States. One of the ways U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) addresses the infrastructure of illegal immigration is by detecting and deterring fraud before it erodes the integrity of the immigration process.
Established in April 2006, the Document and Benefit Fraud Task Forces (DBFTFs), led by ICE, detect, deter and disrupt document and benefit fraud.
Investigators from a variety of agencies with expertise in different aspects of fraud collaborate with U.S. Attorneys Offices around the country to formulate a comprehensive approach to targeting criminal organizations and the beneficiaries behind these fraudulent schemes.
DBFTF partners vary from task force to task force, but can include agencies such as U.S. Attorneys Offices, the U.S. Department of Labor, the U.S. Social Security Administration, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, the U.S. Department of State and various state and local law enforcement agencies. Each of these agencies has a different area of expertise and knowledge, and their contributions enable the DBFTFs to conduct more comprehensive investigations.
To date, DBFTFs have been established in 18 ICE Special Agent in Charge offices across the country:
- Atlanta
- Baltimore
- Boston
- Chicago
- Dallas
- Denver
- Detroit
- Houston
- Los Angeles
- Miami
- New York
- Newark
- Philadelphia
- Saint Paul
- San Francisco
- San Juan
- Tampa/Orlando
- Washington, D.C./Northern Virginia
Recent News
7/12/2011 Los Angeles, CA Los Angeles-area immigration consultant pleads guilty in visa fraud scheme
6/20/2011 Memphis, TN Virginia woman pleads guilty to student visa scam
6/17/2011 San Diego, CA A San Diego university owner and school employee indicted for visa fraud
6/16/2011 Philadelphia, PA Last defendant in 'Operation Blind Spot' is sentenced
6/13/2011 Santa Ana, CA Pastor sentenced to 1 year for visa fraud, ordered to forfeit building housing former religious school
6/9/2011 Washington, DC National initiative to combat immigration services scams
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Document & Benefit Fraud Task Forces
via ice.gov
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