USAID Office of Inspector General

Our law enforcement professionals conduct worldwide investigations into allegations of criminal, civil, and administrative misconduct involving U.S. funded foreign assistance. Whether Civil Service or Foreign Service Criminal Investigators, our agents work daily to hold wrongdoers accountable and safeguard taxpayer dollars abroad. On this National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day, we thank them for their tireless work and dedication. To learn more about our investigative work, check out our website: https://lnkd.in/ek7gRXns

This Semiannual Report to Congress highlights the expert independent oversight of U.S.-funded foreign assistance conducted by our dedicated audit professionals, criminal investigators, and UN accountability experts. Their work informs policymakers, holds bad actors accountable, and strengthens taxpayer-funded programming abroad. Read the full report to learn more about our previous and ongoing work: https://lnkd.in/ex-GaGt2

In 2025, we have continued to provide comprehensive and aggressive oversight of American taxpayer dollars spent overseas. Our expert criminal investigators, including those posted in Ukraine, Israel, El Salvador, South Africa, and Thailand, continue to conduct aggressive and complex overseas investigations to hold accountable perpetrators of fraud, corruption, human trafficking, and diversion of aid by terrorist organizations. Taxpayers and intended recipients in need deserve no less. We served as the lead law enforcement agency in uncovering and investigating a $550 million bribery scheme at USAID, which concluded in guilty pleas. Our expertise in conducting overseas investigations led to charges against two foreign nationals with conspiring against the United States to illegally divert U.S.-funded global health commodities intended for vulnerable populations in Kenya. And finally, our active and ongoing investigation of Hamas interference in aid programs in Gaza has, and will continue, to prevent members of terrorist groups from circulating across future programs in Gaza. In addition to our investigations, our audit, inspections, and evaluations teams have worked to inform policymakers on challenges in programming to counter violent extremism in West Africa, efforts to prevent Taliban interference within U.S.-programming in Afghanistan and al-Shahaab terrorist influence in Somalia, and adequacy of controls to mitigate the risk of misuse of satellite terminals in Ukraine. Finally, we continued to take the lead in providing comprehensive oversight over U.S.-funded foreign assistance implemented by UN agencies. This includes work with the U.S. Mission to the UN to ensure to transparency and accountability in the UN system and numerous ongoing investigations into misconduct involving grant funds awarded to UN agencies for humanitarian assistance work. And as the United States moved to realign the architecture of foreign assistance, we highlighted lessons learned to inform future foreign aid activities involving global health, UN agencies and other public international organizations, and humanitarian assistance. We thank our staff and our domestic and international law enforcement counterparts for their continued dedication. As we look ahead, we wish everyone a very happy New Year.

OIG remains firmly committed to safeguarding 🇺🇸 taxpayer-funded aid programs implemented through the United Nations. Allegations of fraud, diversion, and sexual exploitation and abuse affecting lifesaving humanitarian aid must be confronted, and reported, by UN agencies in a timely and transparent manner. Taxpayers and intended recipients of humanitarian aid deserve no less. Last week, OIG senior leaders travelled to New York for meetings with UN investigative partners and UN agencies, with a focus on accountability of aid to Gaza. We also met with leaders at the U.S. Mission to the UN to discuss potential reforms to increase accountability and oversight of programming through international organizations. To read more about our oversight of 🇺🇸 foreign assistance programs implemented by the UN, see our top management challenges report below. https://lnkd.in/eGPc5tPA

Congratulations to Inspector General Moring on being sworn in as DoD Inspector General! We look forward to continuing our “3 IG” collaboration, alongside U.S. Department of State Office of Inspector General, to safeguard taxpayer resources and advance our shared, statutorily mandated oversight of overseas contingency operations in Ukraine, Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan.

🚨Top Management Challenges Facing U.S. Foreign Assistance As the OIG for USAID and multiple other U.S. foreign assistance agencies, we are pleased to report on the Top Management Challenges Facing U.S. Foreign Assistance in Fiscal Year 2026. While the architecture of U.S. foreign assistance has changed significantly in the last year, the long-standing challenges have not. We are proud to serve as a resource to policymakers, Congress, and the U.S. Mission to the United Nations, helping ensure robust oversight, transparency, and accountability for taxpayer dollars programmed overseas to support the world’s most vulnerable populations.  Read the report: https://lnkd.in/eGPc5tPA

We oversee multiple federal agencies that implement 🇺🇸 foreign assistance programs. In addition to our audit work, we have over 300 active and ongoing investigations, including 41 accepted for criminal prosecution and 16 civil fraud matters accepted by the Department of Justice. Many of our complex investigations are conducted overseas and yield unprecedented results. We also have dozens of suspension and debarment matters in progress to ensure that bad actors cannot circulate throughout the aid sector or continue to wrongly benefit from U.S. taxpayer funds meant for the world’s most vulnerable populations. Please continue to report allegations through our Hotline here: https://lnkd.in/gVigNmYK For more information on our recent and ongoing investigative work, check out our December update: https://lnkd.in/egJ6w8Zf

🚨 Multiple Criminal Indictments and 19 Arrests in Massive Visa Fraud Scheme in Central and South America 19 individuals have been arrested across four countries in connection with a transnational visa fraud, racketeering, and money-laundering scheme that preyed on thousands of migrants seeking lawful U.S. visas. Victims lost over $2.5 million. USAID Office of Inspector General is proud to have worked in close coordination with multiple U.S. and international law enforcement partners to disrupt the scheme. Our criminal investigators will continue to aggressively pursue those who seek to defraud the United States, no matter where they reside. https://lnkd.in/efXqEDp3

🚨 Criminal Indictment — USAID IG Investigation Uncovers Massive Foreign Aid Scheme in Haiti When U.S. taxpayer funds intended for those in need are corrupted, vulnerable communities lose out. This most recent indictment—charging a former country director of a U.S.-funded NGO operating in Haiti with defrauding over $700,000 in foreign assistance funds—reflects USAID IG’s ongoing commitment to holding accountable those who misappropriate taxpayer-funded aid programs. https://lnkd.in/eMbSbVUD

Thankful for our auditors, support professionals, UN accountability team, and criminal investigators who catch the many turkeys attempting to steal taxpayer-funded aid across the world. Happy Thanksgiving! 🇺🇸🦃