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Ohio Becomes First State to Share Business Data With Feds to Hunt Fraudsters

COLUMBUS, Ohio—Ohio will be the first state in the country to share its corporate registration records with the Justice Department’s new National Fraud Detection Center, as fraud scandals continue to drain taxpayer dollars nationwide.

The first-of-its-kind partnership will give federal investigators immediate access to the state’s public business registration data, which could help expose shell companies, suspicious networks, shared addresses, and other signs of taxpayer fraud.

“This is what I consider to be a historic day in our fight against fraud,” Assistant Attorney General Colin M. McDonald said. “Americans deserve a government that stewards their money wisely and protects it from wrongdoers. Up until the creation of the DOJ’s Fraud Division, the DOJ had never before adopted a comprehensive and coordinated approach to investigating and prosecuting fraud against taxpayer dollars and taxpayer-funded programs. That has now changed.”

McDonald, who leads the Justice Department’s newly created National Fraud Enforcement Division, participated at Thursday’s inaugural DOJ Fraud Division State Partnership Roundtable with state officials including Attorney General Dave Yost, Auditor of State Keith Faber, Treasurer of State Robert Sprague, and Secretary of State Frank LaRose.

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