NEW: DOJ announces charges in first nationwide tax fraud enforcement operation.

"More taxpayer dollars go to fraudsters every year than to most federal departments and agencies, including the combined budgets of the Departments of Energy, Justice, and Interior."

Assistant Attorney General Colin McDonald warns that the scale of fraud against American taxpayers reaches hundreds of billions of dollars annually, with criminals willing to exploit virtually any government program.

"No program is off limits for a fraudster. They will take from all of us until there is nothing left."

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