GSA says it’s uncovered ‘record-setting’ $13B in suspected procurement fraud
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The White House added General Services Administration fraud estimates to its website that serves as a ledger for suspected fraud across the federal government.
The General Services Administration announced that it has found $13 billion in suspected procurement fraud since March 2026 in what is the largest suspected fraud bust in the agency’s history, according to a Tuesday press release.
In collaboration with the White House Task Force to Eliminate Fraud, GSA uncovered the suspected fraud by using contracting data, public reporting and inspector general enforcement information, the agency said.
“Anyone who lies their way into receiving taxpayer dollars is putting their business, their reputation, and their freedom at risk. GSA is fully committed to working with Vice President [JD] Vance’s task force to root out fraud and protect the integrity of federal procurement,” said GSA Administrator Edward Forst in the release.
GSA said it will refer suspected fraudsters to the Office of the Inspector General or Department of Justice for investigation.
GSA is also conducting a review of COVID-19 spending, the Small Business Administration’s 8(a) program spending, contractor eligibility, bid rigging, cybersecurity false claims, bribery and other contractor-integrity risks.
GSA’s $13 billion estimate appears to have been added to fraud.gov, the White House’s official tabulation for suspect fraud, on Tuesday, a Nextgov/FCW comparison of current numbers on the website and previous tallies recorded via the Wayback Machine.
According to Fraud.gov, GSA has prevented $202.2 million in fraud through administrative actions and recovered $29.5 million in fraud through enforcement actions since January 2025.
Spokespeople for GSA and the White House did not respond to requests for comment on the fraud.gov listing by the time of publication.
“As we saw with the efforts from DOGE, this is a trust but verify situation. ‘Suspected’ procurement fraud is a lot different than adjudicating the incidents and seeing the results of the investigations,” Tim Brennan, president of the Center for Procurement Advocacy, told Nextgov/FCW.
“If this number is real, then we need to do more to reinforce the acquisition workforce with attracting additional qualified personnel and providing better training across the government. Contracting officers have incredible workloads and with the early retirements and reductions in force, they will have a harder time preventing fraud in the future. Hopefully this results in positive changes that protect the government from fraud going forward,” he added.
GSA did not offer examples of suspected procurement fraud in its release but examples included in a Breitbart exclusive predate the launch of the White House fraud task force, according to Washington Technology. At least one case predates the Trump administration.
The agency did not respond to the outlet’s request to confirm the Breitbart story or provide information on fraud cases referred to the Justice Department.