When USAID came under the microscope of DOGE, people on the left absolutely flipped out. They all acted like USAID was above reproach and that the world would come to an end if it wasn’t fully funded.
Not only did the world not end, but now we’re learning that a senior officer for the organization has been charged with bailout fraud from the pandemic.
We are probably going to see fraud like this uncovered for years to come.
The Daily Wire reports:
USAID Contracting Officer Charged With Pandemic Bailout Fraud
A USAID employee in charge of managing contracts for the agency created a fake company to fraudulently secure coronavirus benefits for himself, federal prosecutors said Friday.
“Yusuf Akoll worked as a Senior Procurement Contract Specialist at the U.S. Agency for International Development,” according to a previously unreported court document. “From at least in or around March 2021, and continuing through at least in or around August 2021, Akoll [made] materially false, fictitious, and fraudulent statements…that resulted in Akoll receiving two [Paycheck Protection Program] loans totaling approximately $16,666 that he was not entitled to receive.”
Prosecutors said that in November 2020, Akoll registered a company in Virginia called Naagode Consulting LLC, then applied for a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan under the coronavirus bailout package, claiming he worked at Naagode and the money was necessary to prevent job losses.
Only companies in operation in February 2020 were eligible, so he falsely said it was established in January 2020. To establish a loss of income, he said the company had $40,000 in income in 2019 when it actually had no income, prosecutors said.
Is anyone really shocked by this?
PPP loans were paid out to Yusuf Akoll despite massive red flags, including the fact that he was a full-time USAID employee and the company he claimed the bailout for wouldn’t match up with state corporate records or federal tax records.https://t.co/iLheH4PDEe
— Luke Rosiak (@lukerosiak) May 10, 2025
Not content to create fake companies to steer money to friendly political insiders & CIA shell companies, turns out folks at USAID were also creating fake companies to send money to themselves https://t.co/0v9Fp5YSgK
— Mike Benz (@MikeBenzCyber) May 10, 2025
It looks like the scrutiny received by DOGE was more than justified.
Read the full article here