Chair: Attorney General Eric Holder
Executive Director: Michael Bresnick
The Task Force Steering Committee is Chaired by the Deputy Attorney General James Cole and Associate Attorney General Tom Perrelli serves as Vice Chair.
The Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities Working Group, co-chaired by Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division Lanny Breuer, Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division Tony West, U.S Securities and Exchange Commission Director of Enforcement Robert Khuzami, United States Attorney for the District of Colorado John Walsh and New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.
The Training and Information Sharing Committee, co-chaired by H. Marshall Jarrett, Director of the Department of Justice’s Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys and James H. Freis, Jr., Director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN).
The Victims’ Rights Committee, co-chaired by H. Marshall Jarrett, Director of the Department of Justice’s Executive Office of U.S. Attorneys, and Laurie Robinson, Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Justice Programs.
The Mortgage Fraud Working Group, co-chaired by Ben Wagner, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of California, Tony West, Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division, Michael Stephens, Acting Inspector General for the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Sharon Ormsby, well as representatives of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the National Association of Attorneys General.
The Securities and Commodities Fraud Working Group, co-chaired by Preet Bharara, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Lanny Breuer, Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division, Robert Khuzami, Director of Enforcement for the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the David Meister, Director of Enforcement for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
The Recovery Act, Procurement, and Grant Fraud Working Group (focusing on fraud related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds and other procurement and grant fraud), co-chaired by Christine Varney, Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division, Lanny Breuer, Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division, Earl Devaney, Chairman of the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board, and the National Association of Attorneys General.
The Rescue Fraud Working Group (focusing on fraud related to the Troubled Asset Relief Program), co-chaired by the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program, the Treasury Department – Office of Financial Stability, and the Department of Justice’s Criminal Division.
The Non-Discrimination Working Group (focusing on discrimination in the housing and finance markets), co-chaired by Tom Perez, Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division, as well as representatives of the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Federal Reserve Board.
Reporting Suspected Fraud
The Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force maintains a wide list of resources and information dedicated to helping find and report suspected cases of financial fraud.
GENERAL INFORMATION
Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force
Financial Fraud encompasses a wide range of illegal behavior - from mortgage scams to Ponzi schemes, credit card theft to tax fraud. Everyone is affected by financial fraud.
