Annual Report, Combat Elder Fraud, Abuse Monday — Justice Department Releases 2025 Annual Report to Congress on Efforts to Combat Elder Fraud and Abuse | United States Justice Department.
announcement Justice Department Releases 2025 Annual Report to Congress on Efforts to Combat Elder Fraud and Abuse Monday, November 17, 2025 Share Facebook X LinkedIn Email For Immediate Release Office of Public Affairs Today, the Justice Department released the 2025 Annual Report to Congress on Justice Department Activities to Combat Elder Fraud and Abuse, which details the Department’s progress in protecting older Americans and holding perpetrators of elder fraud accountable.Over the reporting period, criminal and civil litigators across the Department pursued more than 280 enforcement actions against over 600 defendants — including
many in the United States illegally or located overseas and extradited to be charged in U.S. It held the first National Elder Abuse Multidisciplinary Team Summit, which brought together nearly 400 elder abuse multidisciplinary team members from around the country to share best practices for coordinated enforcement and improved services for older Americans.Department reporting confirms that older adults lose billions of dollars every year to elder fraud schemes. The Department also successfully held multiple nursing home operators accountable for providing grossly substandard care to vulnerable Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries.To strengthen its response
to elder fraud and abuse, the Department continued to invest in capacity building for law enforcement, prosecutors, and judges. If you or someone you know has been the victim elder fraud, please call the National Elder Fraud Hotline at 833–FRAUD–11or or 833–372–8311. Additionally, the Department supported the first National Elder Abuse Victim Services Needs Assessment, a resource that will enable the Department and others to address and close identified gaps in services for older victims in the years ahead.Recognizing the devastating consequences of elder fraud and abuse, all components within the Department engaged in some form