The Department of Labor’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) has published a most-wanted list for the first time, listing 16 fugitives who allegedly stole more than $55 million from U.S. taxpayers.

The fugitives are wanted in cases involving money laundering, healthcare fraud, foreign labor visa fraud, identity theft, unemployment insurance fraud, unlawful labor payments, labor trafficking, and other crimes that undermine federal programs, the OIG said in an Oct. 28 statement.

One of the individuals on the list, Leslie Kaciban, who is wanted for an alleged labor racketeering scheme that involved illegal kickbacks worth roughly $4 million, was arrested in Hungary and is expected to be extradited to the United States, the OIG said.

Kaciban had been charged with various crimes and was in Costa Rica for a vacation when he learned about the indictment, after which he fled to Hungary, the OIG said.

Among the remaining 15 most wanted fugitives, 10 are men and five are women. Some are wanted for alleged theft, forgery, or mail fraud, or allegedly falsifying applications for immigration benefits.

In its statement, the OIG said that the most-wanted list will serve as a “force multiplier” by mobilizing media and online platforms as well as the public and international partners to locate the fugitives.

“President Trump and Vice President Vance have unleashed a whole-of-government war on fraud,” Anthony P. D’Esposito, Labor Department Inspector General, said in the statement.

The OIG is working with the White House Task Force to Eliminate Fraud, headed by Vice President JD Vance and established by an executive order signed by President Donald Trump in March.

“In partnership with the White House Fraud Task Force, we are using every resource possible and will not stop until every one of these criminals is in handcuffs and every stolen dollar is accounted for,” D’Esposito said.

Fraud Reporting, Crackdown on Labor Fraud

In a move to strengthen the crackdown, Trump and Vance announced the launch of the $25 million Fraud Whistleblower Incentive Program on Oct. 20. The initiative aims to reward Americans who aid in exposing the misuse of public funds.

“Independent journalists and everybody and all Americans will now be able to go to [Fraud.gov] and report cases of corruption and theft of taxpayer dollars in their communities,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office during the program launch.

Multiple actions have been taken against labor-related fraud this month. In an Oct. 28 statement, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that a North Carolina man was sentenced to five years in federal prison for a scheme to fraudulently obtain unemployment insurance benefits.

The individual stole the personal information of more than 150 people to fraudulently obtain the benefits, the department said, and roughly $2.8 million in government benefits were stolen.

In an Oct. 23 announcement, the DOJ said two people were charged in a $19 million healthcare fraud scheme that targeted the compensation programs of federal workers.

Specifically, the accused allegedly targeted the Federal Employees’ Compensation Act program that offers wage loss compensation and payments to federal civilian employees for medical treatments. The conspirators in the scheme allegedly submitted roughly $19 million in fraudulent claims, of which at least $17 million was paid, DOJ said.

“Those who exploit federal programs designed to protect injured workers undermine both the integrity of our system and the trust of the public,” Ryan Raybould, attorney for the Northern District of Texas, said in the statement. “Anyone who attempts to enrich themselves at the expense of hard-working American taxpayers will not escape justice in the Northern District of Texas.”