Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced Thursday the Department of Justice is cracking down on schemes that defraud seniors.
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"We have charged more than 200 defendants for committing elder fraud schemes and brought civil actions against dozens more," Sessions said.
Those defendants allegedly defrauded more than half a billion dollars from more than one million Americans.
Sessions also said the Senate's Aging Committee's Fraud Hotline received double the reports in 2016 that it did in 2015.