United States · Phase 1 catalog
Documented and alleged losses of taxpayer funds, with recoveries.
Last catalog update Aug 25, 2026 · sources last checked Aug 25, 2026 · v1.1.0 · 16 sourced entries. California figures are included in these national totals. This is not a complete census. Daily update job.
Identified in this catalog
$0
This week +$13,900,000
Sum of sourced identified amounts. Settlements, findings, and adjudicated losses are listed separately below.
Documented
$0
Adjudicated, settled, or official findings
Alleged
$0
Under investigation or unsourced as proven. Phase 1 lists none.
Recovered / clawed back
$0
This week $0
Amounts actually paid, refunded, or restituted in cited sources
Recovery rate (closed matters)
93.4%
Recovered ÷ identified on adjudicated and settled cases only
Recovery rate (full catalog)
48.2%
Includes open audit findings with $0 sourced clawback
California breakout · included in U.S. totals
$2,193,363,920
Identified · Recovered $382,390,299 · Closed-matter recovery 148.5%
By category
Phase 1 prioritizes healthcare, child nutrition, large contracts, and California audits.
Official published series
Context from GAO and DOJ. These figures are not added to the catalog sum, which would double-count overlapping matters and mix errors with fraud.
U.S. Government Accountability Office
Federal improper payments, FY 2025
$186.0B
GAO estimate across reported programs. Improper payments include paperwork errors, ineligible payments, and fraud. This is not a fraud total and is not added to catalog sums.
U.S. Department of Justice
False Claims Act settlements and judgments, FY 2025
$6.80B
DOJ-announced civil recoveries. Highest annual FCA total reported. Over $5.7 billion related to health care. Not added to catalog sums (would double-count overlapping settlements).
U.S. Department of Justice
False Claims Act settlements and judgments since 1986
$85.0B
Cumulative DOJ figure since the 1986 amendments. Context only; not added to catalog sums.
U.S. Department of Justice
COVID-19 Fraud Enforcement Task Force seizures and forfeitures
$1.40B
DOJ reported charging more than 3,500 defendants and seizing or forfeiting over $1.4 billion in stolen COVID-19 relief funds. Aggregate series; not added to catalog sums.
Catalog cases
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California — HHS OIG finding of $13.9 million excess Medicaid laboratory reimbursements
Identified$13,900,000
Recovered—
Teva Pharmaceuticals — False Claims Act settlement (copay assistance and related kickback allegations)
Identified$450,000,000
Recovered$450,000,000
Biogen Inc. — False Claims Act settlement related to alleged improper physician payments
Identified$900,000,000
Recovered$900,000,000
Independent Health Association — Medicare Advantage diagnosis-code settlement
Identified$98,000,000
Recovered$98,000,000
Seoul Medical Group — Medicare Advantage spinal-diagnosis settlement
Identified$60,000,000
Recovered$60,000,000
Centene Corporation — California Medi-Cal pharmacy overcharge settlement
Identified$107,696,379
Recovered$215,392,758
Sutter Health — Medicare Advantage mischarging settlement ($90 million)
Identified$90,000,000
Recovered$90,000,000
Sutter Health — False Claims Act settlement ($13.1 million)
Identified$13,091,452
Recovered$13,091,452
Health Net Federal Services / Centene — TRICARE cybersecurity False Claims Act settlement
Identified$11,253,400
Recovered$11,253,400
The Boeing Company — False Claims Act spare-parts settlement
Identified$8,100,000
Recovered$8,100,000
Three companies — Paycheck Protection Program False Claims Act settlement ($13 million)
Identified$13,000,000
Recovered$13,000,000
Feeding Our Future — federal Child Nutrition Program fraud (Minnesota)
Identified$240,000,000
Recovered—
California Employment Development Department — payments for unused mobile devices
Identified$4,600,000
Recovered—
California state agency — salary continuation after depleted leave (Auditor finding)
Identified$170,000
Recovered—
California DHCS — HHS OIG finding of $52.7 million improper federal Medicaid capitation claims
Identified$52,652,689
Recovered$52,652,689
California Medi-Cal eligibility discrepancies — Auditor estimate of questionable payments
Identified$1,900,000,000
Recovered—