A decade-long fraud and bribery scheme involving the United States Agency for International Development further reinforced the Trump administration’s case for restructuring the fraud-plagued agency.
On Thursday, Trump’s Department of Justice published a press release announcing that a former USAID official and three senior leaders from three private companies pleaded guilty to a massive plot to defraud American taxpayers dating back to 2013.
The scheme involved at least 14 contracts totaling over $550 million in taxpayer funds.
‘A former USAID employee and three others were using funds to pay for things like a lavish country club wedding and a Martha’s Vineyard estate, all on the taxpayer’s dime.’
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Roderick Watson, who previously worked as a USAID contracting officer, agreed to receive bribes from Darryl Britt, then owner and president of
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