ERNST CANCELS THE VIRAL FRAUD-FLUENCERS SCAMMING TAXPAYERS

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Sen. Joni Ernst issued the following press release:

U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) is cracking down on fraud-fluencers, social media personalities who are making fleecing taxpayers a lifestyle and flagrantly flaunting to their followers how easy it is to scam Uncle Sam.

From podcasts on fraud and YouTubers rapping about ripping off welfare programs to a TikTok creator bragging about living in the U.S. illegally and more, Ernst is exposing the worst of these crafty creators as part of her crusade against fraud.

* A self-described "con artist (https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/danielle-miller-scammer.html)" who swindled more than $1 million from the Small Business Administration spent the spoils curating an up...