Transnational Fraud

           On May 10, the United States Department of Justice, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS), and other federal law enforcement agencies completed the annual Money Mule Initiative, which identifies, disrupts, and criminally prosecutes networks of individuals who send funds from fraud victims to international fraudsters. Fraudsters depend on money mules to facilitate a range of fraud schemes, including ones that mainly impact older Americans, such as lottery fraud, romance scams, and grandparent scams, and persons who target businesses or government pandemic funds.