Executive Order No. 14390. Combating Cybercrime, Fraud, and Predatory Schemes Against American Citizens

• Citation: 91 FR 12051
• Executive Order No.: 14390
• Published date: 11 March 2026
• Date: 06 March 2026
• FR Document: 2026-04826
• Pages: 12051-12053
• Issuer: Executive Office of the President
• Section: Presidential Documents

Presidential Documents

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Title 3—

The President

Executive Order 14390 of March 6, 2026

Combating Cybercrime, Fraud, and Predatory Schemes

Against American Citizens

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the

laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered:

Section 1. Purpose and Policy. Cybercrime, fraud, and predatory schemes

are draining American families of their life savings, stealing the benefits

of years of work, and destroying the lives of our youth. These activities—

which include deploying ransomware and malware, phishing, financial fraud,

‘‘sextortion’’ and other extortion schemes, impersonation, and more—are

often coordinated campaigns carried out by Transnational Criminal Organiza-

tions (TCOs) aimed at the most vulnerable among us. In many cases, foreign

regimes provide willing or tacit state support to cybercrime and predatory

schemes, creating a shadow economy fueled by stolen identities, coercion,

forced labor, and human trafficking.

It is the policy of the United States to protect Americans from, and harden

our financial and digital systems against, these threats. The United States

shall counter attacks on Americans with a commensurate response that

includes law enforcement, diplomacy, and potential offensive actions. It

is further the policy of the United States to provide support to victims

of these crimes, expand public alerts, and prioritize protection for those

most at risk to end the exploitation and victimization of Americans.

Sec. 2. Combating Scam Centers and Cybercrime. (a) The Secretary of State,

the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of War, the Attorney General,

and the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Office

of the National Cyber Director, and in coordination with the Assistant to

the President and Homeland Security Advisor (APHSA), shall:

(i) within 60 days of the date of this order, review the relevant operational,

technical, diplomatic, and regulatory frameworks in place to determine

how each can be improved to best combat TCOs engaged in cyber-enabled

crime and similar predatory schemes against Americans; and

(ii) within 120 days of the date of this order, using the results of the

review directed in subsection (a)(i) of this section, submit to the President,

through the APHSA, an action plan that identifies the TCOs responsible

for scam centers and cybercrime and proposes solutions to prevent, disrupt,

investigate, and dismantle these TCOs. This action plan shall provide

for the creation of an operational cell within the National Coordination

Center (NCC) established pursuant to section 6(d) of Executive Order

14159 of January 20, 2025 (Protecting the American People Against Inva-

sion), which will be responsible for coordinating Federal efforts to detect,

disrupt, dismantle, and deter—including by involving the private sector

as appropriate—cyber-enabled criminal activity conducted by foreign TCOs

and associated networks that target United States persons, businesses,

critical infrastructure, or public services.

(b) The action plan shall describe how, consistent with applicable law,

the Attorney General and the Secretary of Homeland Security, supported

by the Secretary of War, shall use relevant technical capabilities, threat

intelligence, and operational insights from commercial cybersecurity firms

and other non-Federal entities, as appropriate, to enhance attribution, track-

ing, and disruption of malicious cyber actors and enabling infrastructure

engaged in cybercrime, fraud, and predatory schemes.

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(c) The action plan and NCC operational cell shall include mechanisms

to improve information sharing, operational coordination, and rapid response

across the Federal Government, and shall align with existing law enforcement

frameworks and efforts to counter cyber-enabled threats emanating from

foreign jurisdictions.

(d) The Attorney General shall continue to prioritize prosecutions of de-

fendants engaged in cyber-enabled fraud, including scam centers and

sextortion schemes, and, consistent with the principles of Federal prosecu-

tion, shall pursue the most serious, provable offenses encompassed by such

fraudulent schemes.

(e) To the maximum extent permitted by law, the Secretary of Homeland

Security, acting through the Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure

Security Agency, shall partner with the NCC to provide training, technical

assistance, and resilience building to support State, local, Tribal, and terri-

torial (SLTT) partners, including to expand defensive capacity, share threat

intelligence, and harden SLTT partners’ critical infrastructure systems against

cybercrime exploitation by TCOs.

Sec. 3. Victim Restoration Program. Within 90 days of the date of this

order, the Attorney General shall submit a recommendation to the President,

through the APHSA, regarding the establishment of a Victims Restoration

Program designed to provide, to the greatest extent authorized by law and

in consideration of the Department of Justice’s goal of serving all victims

of crime, restoration or remission to victims of cyber-enabled fraud schemes

from funds clawed back, forfeited, or seized from the TCOs that perpetrate

such schemes.

Sec. 4. International Engagement. The Secretary of State, in coordination

with the NCC, shall engage with foreign governments to demand enforcement

actions against TCOs operating within their borders and greater cooperation

with United States law enforcement. The Secretary of State shall take all

necessary and appropriate steps to ensure that nations that tolerate such

predatory activity shall face consequences consistent with United States

law and policy, such as the limitation of foreign assistance, the application

of targeted sanctions, visa restrictions, trade penalties, and, where appro-

priate, the immediate expulsion from the United States of foreign officials

and diplomats complicit in these schemes. The Secretary of State shall

also coordinate these actions with allies and partners to enhance the con-

sequences of actions taken against nations that tolerate predatory activity.

Sec. 5. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed

to impair or otherwise effect:

(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency,

or the head thereof; or

(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget

relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.

(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law and

subject to the availability of appropriations.

(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit,

substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party

against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers,

employees, or agents, or any other person.

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(d) The costs for publication of this order shall be borne by the Department

of Homeland Security.

THE WHITE HOUSE,

March 6, 2026.

[FR Doc. 2026–04826

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