Americans who report fraud in taxpayer-funded federal programs would earn a commission under a new plan the Trump administration announced Tuesday. The Fraud Whistleblower Incentive Program would reward whistleblowers with a 1% bounty for helping the federal government recover the money.
“If it’s $10 million, $200 million, $400 million, we’re giving a 1% commission to that person,” President Donald Trump said at an Oval Office event where he was joined by Vice President and White House Task Force to Eliminate Fraud Chairman JD Vance, along with White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy Stephen Miller, Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz and conservative influencer Nick Shirley.
Trump said the 1% commission did not have a cap and was available to all Americans, including journalists.
“When you get 1% of a billion dollars, it’s going to be a tremendous amount of money,” the president said, adding: “People will make millions of dollars by turning others in.”
Whistleblowers are encouraged to report cases of corruption and theft to the fraud.gov website. Clicking a tab that says “click to report fraud” automatically links users to the new America.gov AI chatbot, where they can start a report by typing in what happened so it can be forwarded to the appropriate federal office for review, the site says.
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