New Task Force on Market Integrity and Consumer Fraud

The Department of Justice has announced the establishment of a new Task Force on Market Integrity and Consumer Fraud. The task force, which was formed pursuant to a Presidential Executive Order, will provide guidance for the investigation and prosecution of cases involving fraud on the government, the financial markets, and consumers, including cyber fraud and other fraud targeting the elderly, service members and veterans, and other members of the public; procurement and grant fraud; securities and commodities fraud, as well as other corporate fraud, with particular attention to fraud affecting the general public; digital currency fraud; money laundering, including the recovery of proceeds; health care fraud; tax fraud; and other financial crimes.