# 2026-04826: President Cracks Down on Cyber Scams Targeting American Families

2026-04826, Combating Cybercrime, Fraud, and Predatory Schemes Against American Citizens, is a Federal Register presidential document from Executive Office of the President published 2026-03-11, effective 2026-03-06; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-03).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-04826
- As of: 2026-11-03
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2026-04826
- Title: Combating Cybercrime, Fraud, and Predatory Schemes Against American Citizens
- Type: Presidential Document
- Agencies: Executive Office of the President
- Citation: 91 FR 12051
- Published: 2026-03-11
- Effective: 2026-03-06
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-11-03

## In one line

President Cracks Down on Cyber Scams Targeting American Families

## Summary

This order fights cybercrime and scams that steal money and hurt American families, especially the most vulnerable. It targets bad actors, including foreign-backed criminals, by improving laws, boosting support for victims, and strengthening digital defenses. Key government leaders must review and update plans within 60 and 120 days to protect Americans faster and smarter.

## Effects PRIA read

- New Federal Cybercrime Action Cell: benefit, medium. Within 60 days, senior agencies must review existing systems and within 120 days must deliver an action plan that identifies transnational criminal organizations (TCOs) and proposes ways to prevent, disrupt, investigate, and dismantle them. The plan requires creating an operational cell inside the…
- Support for State and Local Cyber Defenses: benefit, medium. The Secretary of Homeland Security, through CISA and in partnership with the NCC, shall provide training, technical assistance, and resilience-building support to State, local, Tribal, and territorial (SLTT) partners to expand defensive capacity, share threat intelligence, and harden SLTT critical…
- Victims Restoration Program Recommendation: benefit, medium. Within 90 days, the Attorney General must submit a recommendation on establishing a Victims Restoration Program to provide restoration or remission to victims of cyber-enabled fraud using funds clawed back, forfeited, or seized from the TCOs that perpetrate such schemes.
- Priority Prosecutions for Cyber-Fraud: benefit, medium. The Attorney General shall continue to prioritize prosecutions of defendants engaged in cyber-enabled fraud, including scam centers and sextortion schemes, and pursue the most serious provable offenses consistent with Federal prosecution principles.
- Consequences for Nations Tolerating Scams: mixed, medium. The Secretary of State, coordinated with the NCC, shall engage foreign governments to demand enforcement against TCOs and ensure nations that tolerate predatory activity face consequences, which may include limitation of foreign assistance, targeted sanctions, visa restrictions, trade penalties, an…

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## Sources
- [2026-04826 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/03/11/2026-04826/combating-cybercrime-fraud-and-predatory-schemes-against-american-citizens)
- [2026-04826 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-03-11/pdf/2026-04826.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-04826 (as of 2026-11-03).