By Chris Bray, The Federalist - Consider two numbers, side by side, and keep them in mind as you read news stories about fraud in government-funded services... First number, from a news headline last week: “New DOJ fraud division thwarted $340M in benefit schemes during first week.” That’s M for million... Second number, released by the Government Accounting Office during the same week: “In 2024, we estimated that the federal government loses between $233 billion and $521 billion annually to fraud, based on data for fiscal years 2018 through 2022.” ....