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Ending the Grift: The Department of Labor’s War On Fraud (ft. Anthony D'Esposito)
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August 10, 2026
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1:11:24Now PlayingThis week on Moment of Truth, Nick is joined by the Honorable Anthony D'Esposito, Inspector General of the Department of Labor and former Congressman from New York, for a conversation about what it actually looks like to root out waste, fraud, and abuse at scale.
The Inspector General explains how the Department of Labor's IG office has one of the broadest investigative jurisdictions in the federal government and what that means for cross-department investigations, including what the Vice President’s Fraud Task Force. They also get into how unemployment insurance fraud is quietly destroying small businesses in states like California and New York to the tune of millions of dollars a day. And no conversation about labor would be complete without tearing into the topic of H-1Bs and how immigrations and corporate interests alike are manipulating the system at American citizens’ expense.
There’s lots of great stories in this one, including gangs running restaurants in Boston on stolen identities, fraud influencers posting step-by-step guides on TikTok, and why the $6.5 billion healthcare fraud takedown was the biggest in American history.
Thank you to the Inspector General and his office for the generous favor of his time to come and talk about this important work.
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(00:00) Welcome to Moment of Truth
(02:54) Island Park, the NYPD, and Long Island Politics
(17:30) Becoming Inspector General at the Department of Labor
(21:00) Taking the Handcuffs Off Investigators
(23:30) The Broadest Jurisdictions in Government
(25:35) The $6.5 Billion Healthcare Fraud Takedown
(30:46) 84% of New Yorkers Support Fighting Fraud
(38:05) How Unemployment Insurance Fraud Actually Works and Who Pays
(40:47) California Owes the Federal Government $22 Billion in UI Funds
(45:09) 100 Stolen Identities Running a Spanish Restaurant
(47:20) Fraud Influencers
(49:28) How Social Media Broke the Hood Stars and Wave Gang Case in 2012
(52:27) H-1B Visa Fraud
(57:19) The Biggest Companies in the World Are Exploiting the H-1B Program
(1:01:37) The VP's Fraud Task Force
(1:07:56) Where to Find the DOL Inspector General on Social Media
#fraud #unemploymentinsurance #newyork
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