2026年6月1日 / 美国东部时间上午11:53 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻（CBS News）
美国执法官员向哥伦比亚广播公司新闻透露，在南加州一处联邦执法秘密仓库中，数十辆法拉利、兰博基尼，以及米奇·曼托新秀球星卡、科比·布莱恩特亲签比赛球鞋等一众备受追捧的体育纪念品成堆摆放，这只是诈骗分子非法挪用巨额纳税人资金的冰山一角。
根据部分政府估算，每年因诈骗计划损失的金额至少达5000亿美元，但包括协助政府追踪被骗资金的消息人士在内的其他消息来源称，实际数字超过1万亿美元。洛杉矶联邦首席检察官比尔·埃塞利表示，尽管特朗普政府已启动打击医疗保险、食品援助和临终关怀等联邦项目诈骗行为的行动，但追回被盗资金却困难重重。
“这些人利用体系牟利，这理应让每一位美国纳税人感到愤慨，”埃塞利说道。
埃塞利站在奥兰治县一处偏远山顶上一栋拥有8间卧室、10间浴室的独栋豪宅车道上时表示，没收实体资产是相关行动的第一步。这处豪宅曾是被定罪的连环诈骗犯保罗·兰德尔的旧居。
“他靠我们的钱过着帝王般的生活，”埃塞利说道。
保罗·兰德尔今年在加州历史上规模最大的医疗诈骗案之一中认罪。哥伦比亚广播公司新闻
兰德尔拒绝接受采访，他因挪用超过2.7亿美元纳税人资金被判有罪，这是加州历史上规模最大的医疗补助诈骗案之一。他于今年4月对电信诈骗罪名认罪，将于今年夏季被判刑，最高可面临30年监禁。
埃塞利指出，兰德尔在因另一项联邦诈骗指控保释候审期间实施了这起最新诈骗案，而他此前已有6次诈骗定罪记录。
“很明显，刑事司法系统出现了漏洞，这家伙竟然有6次定罪记录，却从未真正坐过一天牢，”埃塞利说道。
律商联讯风险解决方案政府部门首席执行官海伍德·塔尔科夫表示，绝大多数被盗资金在当局有机会没收之前就已转移至境外。
塔尔科夫协助政府追踪非法资金。他预测每年因诈骗损失的金额达1万亿美元，并认为其中约70%最终落入跨国犯罪团伙手中。
“这笔钱流向俄罗斯、中国、尼日利亚和罗马尼亚，”塔尔科夫说道。
塔尔科夫的调查显示，犯罪分子的手段正变得愈发老练。“纳税人资助的跨国犯罪分子正将这笔钱用于各种恶行——儿童贩卖、毒品交易、威胁我们的民主，”他说道。
埃塞利表示，联邦执法部门正在研究更好的方法来发现和追回被盗资金。但由于资金可以轻松转换为数字货币并转移至海外，联邦探员处于不利地位。
“这就是为什么从一开始就阻止资金流失至关重要；这就是为什么我们需要建立检测和预防诈骗的系统，”他说道。
保罗·兰德尔今年在加州历史上规模最大的医疗诈骗案之一中认罪。哥伦比亚广播公司新闻
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/secret-warehouse-assets-seized-california-fraudsters-cbs-news-investigation/
Fraudsters bought game-worn Kobe Bryant sneakers and Ferraris with taxpayer funds
June 1, 2026 / 11:53 AM EDT / CBS News
In a secret federal law enforcement warehouse in Southern California, dozens of Ferraris, Lamborghinis and stacks of coveted sports memorabilia – like Mickey Mantle rookie cards and game-worn Kobe Bryant sneakers – offer a modest testament to the mountains of taxpayer money being illegally diverted through fraud, law enforcement officials told CBS News.
By some government estimates, at least $500 billion is lost to fraud schemes each year, though other sources, including those who consult with the government to track fraudulently-obtained funds, said the real figure is over $1 trillion. As the Trump administration has launched a crackdown on those cheating federal programs like Medicare, food assistance and hospice care, it is difficult to claw back the stolen funds, said Bill Essayli, the top federal prosecutor in Los Angeles.
“It should offend every American taxpayer that these people are taking advantage of the system,” Essayli said.
Seizing physical assets has been a first step in those efforts, Essayli said as he climbed the driveway of an eight-bedroom, ten-bathroom compound on an isolated Orange County hilltop – the former home to convicted serial fraudster Paul Randall.
“He was living like a king off us,”Essayli said.
Paul Randall pleaded guilty this year in one of the largest medical fraud cases in California history. CBS News
Randall, who declined to be interviewed, was convicted of diverting more than $270 million in taxpayer funds in one of the largest California Medicaid fraud schemes in the state’s history. He pleaded guilty in April to wire fraud and faces up to 30 years in prison when he’s sentenced this summer.
Essayli said Randall was out on bond awaiting sentencing on another federal fraud charge, one of six prior fraud convictions, when he started this latest scheme.
“Obviously there’s a breakdown in the criminal justice system if this guy was able to have six convictions and never did any real prison time,” Essayli said.
The vast majority of the stolen funds move out of the country before authorities have a chance to confiscate it, said Haywood Talcove, the CEO of LexisNexis Risk Solutions, Government.
Talcove consults with the government on tracking illicit funds. He projects that $1 trillion is lost to fraud each year — and believes about 70% of that ends up in the hands of transnational criminal gangs.
“It goes to Russia, it goes to China, it goes to Nigeria, it goes to Romania,” Talcove said.
Talcove’s investigations have shown criminals are getting more sophisticated. “Taxpayers are funding transnational criminals who are using this money for horrible things — child trafficking, drugs, threats to our democracy,” he said.
Essayli said that federal law enforcement is working on ways to better find and recover the stolen funds. But with money easily converted to digital currency and channeled overseas, federal agents are at a disadvantage.
“That is why it is so important that the money never goes out in the first place; that’s why it’s important that we have systems in place to detect and prevent fraud,” he said.
Paul Randall pleaded guilty this year in one of the largest medical fraud cases in California history. CBS News
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/secret-warehouse-assets-seized-california-fraudsters-cbs-news-investigation/
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