USAID OIG initiated an investigation into an allegation that a former employee of a USAID grantee embezzled Agency funds.
OIG found that the former grantee employee stole more than $193,000 from programs in Zambia funded by USAID, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the U.S. Navy, and the National Institutes of Health. The individual entered into a repayment agreement with the grantee, which repaid the funds to the respective government agencies.
The Department of Justice declined to pursue Federal criminal charges against the grantee’s former employee. OIG provided a report to USAID for action.