President Donald Trump’s attempts to crack down on fraud are expanding to the Bay Area with the establishment of a new task force aimed at targeting health care fraud in the region.

Colin McDonald, the recently sworn-in U.S. Assistant Attorney General for National Fraud Enforcement at the Department of Justice, announced the creation of the “West Coast Health Care Fraud Strike Force” at the Philip Burton Federal Building in San Francisco on Thursday.

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Alise is a general assignment reporter with a focus on covering government, elections, housing, crime, courts and entertainment in San Francisco and on the Peninsula. Alise is a Bay Area native from San Carlos. She studied history at University of California, Santa Cruz and first started journalism at Skyline College’s school newspaper in San Bruno. She has interned for Bay City News and for Eesti Rahvusringhääling, or Estonian Public Broadcasting. She has covered everything from the removal of former San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus to the divisive battle over the Great Highway on San Francisco’s west side. Please send her any tips.