Treasury Fraud Alone Put At $50 Billion Per Annum
Things are moving at a breakneck pace since Trump took office. The Department of Government Efficiency led by Elon Musk and his band of youthful computer geeks has inserted themselves into numerous agencies and are finding waste and fraud on an unimaginable scale. Musk believes “fraudulent government transactions could be costing taxpayers $100 billion per year. SSI checks have been going out to many that are 150 years old. We’ve apparently sent terrorists to college, given George Soros $260 million, spent $1.4 million studying bubble wrap, $2.3 million teaching people how to make balloon animals, $3 million studying puddle depths, $900 thousand on mailbox feng shui – [whatever that is] – $2 million on how to clean up glitter and some amount on alarm clock testing. A lot of the money coming out of the US Treasury was distributed without itemizing. At least now, going forward, the Treasury and DOGE have agreed to “Require that all outgoing government payments have a payment categorisation code, which is necessary in order to pass financial audits. This is frequently left blank, making audits almost impossible.”
And here is maybe the big one of the week. Doge uncovered a $59 million payment to luxury hotels in New York City to house illegal aliens. That payment was for just one week. It was in direct contravention of Trump’s Executive Order. Back in December, it was found out that New York City paid out $220 million to the government of Pakistan, the owners of the Roosevelt Hotel, for a three year lease [i]for the same purpose. As to the FEMA payment, that money went out despite the fact that the Agency cried poor and didn’t have enough money for the people in North Carolina. [ii] [iii]
How It Went Down
One of the really interesting things is watching the Trump Team accomplish so much in such a short time. Here’s the story as laid out by EKO Stubstack.
“Previous administrations spent months, even years, trying to staff key positions.” But this time it was different. “By Inauguration Day, over 1,000 pre-vetted personnel stood ready—each armed with clear objectives, mapped legal authorities, and direct lines to support networks. This wasn’t just staffing; it was a battle plan decades in the making.” By 2AM on January 21, the DOGE Team of mostly young staffers were well into mapping the government systems. “Edward Coristine’s code had already mapped three subsystems. Luke Farritor’s algorithms were tracing payment flows across agencies. Ethan Shaotran’s analysis revealed patterns that career officials didn’t even know existed. By dawn, they would understand more about Treasury’s operations than people who had worked there for decades” One staffer commented, “The beautiful thing about payment systems that they don’t lie. You can spin policy all day long, but money leaves a trail.”
The entrenched bureaucrats tried to respond. “Their traditional defenses—slow-walking decisions, leaking damaging stories, stonewalling requests—proved useless against an opponent moving faster than their systems could react.” The DOGE guys worked with both speed and precision. “Legal authorities were mapped. Support networks were established…. When DOGE’s young coders breached Treasury’s payment systems, pre-positioned legal teams neutralized resistance within hours. When career officials tried revoking system access, they discovered DOGE’s authority came from levels they couldn’t challenge. When leaks surfaced, rapid-response units fed counter-narratives to alternative media almost instantly.”
The next target was USAID. Career officials were in a panic. Those “who had barely blinked at Treasury’s exposure now worked through weekends to block DOGE’s access. Democratic senators who had ignored other moves suddenly demanded emergency hearings. Former USAID officials flooded media outlets with warnings about ‘institutional knowledge loss’ and ‘diplomatic catastrophe.’ But their traditional defenses crumbled against DOGE’s new playbook. While bureaucrats drafted memos about ‘proper procedures,’ the young coders were already mapping payment flows. While senators scheduled hearings, pre-positioned personnel were implementing new transparency protocols. While media allies prepared hit pieces, DOGE’s algorithms exposed decades of questionable transactions.”
“The scale was breathtaking. EPA climate initiatives? Not just mapped—found unauthorized programs in 47 states. Education’s DEI maze? Not just exposed—revealed coordination across 1,200 programs. Intelligence community black budgets? Not just traced—uncovered patterns hidden for 30 years.” In just a couple of weeks they identified thousands of redundant programs, billions of dollars in waste, You really need to read the entire article. Here’s the LINK. [iv]
[i] “This is Nuts,” Zero Hedge, December 1, 2024
[ii] Elon Musk alleges US Treasury fraud costs Americans $50 billion a year, Economic Times, February 9, 2025
[iii] DOGE Team Finds FEMA Sent $59 Million Last Week To Luxury NYC Hotels For Illegals, Zero Hedge, February 10, 2025
[iv] OVERRIDE, EKO Substack, February 5, 2025
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