Trump Signs Executive Order 14390 to Combat Cybercrime and Fraud Against American Citizens
On March 6, 2026, President Donald Trump signed Executive Order 14390, "Combating Cybercrime, Fraud, and Predatory Schemes Against American Citizens," at the White House in Washington, directing the federal government to prioritize the fight against scam centers and cybercrime run by transnational criminal organizations and to create a mechanism to restore funds to victims.
The order directs the Secretaries of State, the Treasury, War, and Homeland Security and the Attorney General, in consultation with the Office of the National Cyber Director, to review their operational, technical, diplomatic, and regulatory frameworks within 60 days and, within 120 days, to submit an action plan to the President identifying the transnational criminal organizations responsible for scam centers and cybercrime and proposing ways to prevent, disrupt, investigate, and dismantle them. The plan is also to create an operational cell within the National Coordination Center, established under Executive Order 14159, to coordinate federal efforts against foreign cyber-enabled criminal activity targeting Americans. The Attorney General is to continue prioritizing prosecutions of cyber-enabled fraud, including scam centers and sextortion schemes, while the Department of Homeland Security, through the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, is to provide training and technical assistance to state, local, Tribal, and territorial partners.
The order also requires the Attorney General, within 90 days, to recommend the establishment of a Victims Restoration Program that would use funds clawed back, forfeited, or seized from the criminal organizations to provide restoration or remission to victims of cyber-enabled fraud. Abroad, the Secretary of State is to demand enforcement action from foreign governments against such organizations operating within their borders; nations that tolerate the activity may face consequences including limits on foreign assistance, targeted sanctions, visa restrictions, trade penalties, and, where appropriate, the immediate expulsion of complicit foreign officials and diplomats. The order was published in the Federal Register on March 11, 2026.
Source: The White House
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