DOJ taps one local prosecutor in every district to staff the National Fraud Enforcement Division

Under a memo from Assistant Attorney General Colin McDonald, the DOJ directs every U.S. attorney’s office to designate one local prosecutor to 'staff in place' for the Washington-based National Fraud Enforcement Division, starting July 1, to pursue a nationwide fraud-elimination strategy and improve efficiency by leveraging local AUSAs to prosecute and support division litigation; those designated prosecutors may not take on new work without approval, as the department grapples with staffing gaps and related grant programs to hire temporary prosecutors for public-benefit fraud cases.