Acting Associate Deputy Inspector General
Derek Santos was designated Acting Associate Deputy Inspector General effective December 1, 2025. In this role, he exercises overall supervision of OIG’s business units, including the Offices of Investigations; Audits, Inspections and Evaluations; and Management, among other OIG functional activities.
Deputy Assistant Inspector General (Financial/IT/Africa/Asia)
Khadija Elaine Walker has 23 years of Federal oversight experience—1½ years at the USAID Office of Inspector General (OIG) and 21½ years at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) OIG. As Deputy Assistant Inspector General at USAID OIG, Ms. Walker leads five divisions that focus on Africa, Asia, IT, and financial oversight. Her teams work on such projects as the asset disposition of U.S. awards, oversight of foreign assistance in nonpermissive and war-torn environments, and assessments of foreign entities operations that use U.S. aid information and financial systems.
19 Arrested in Four Countries Related to Visa Fraud, Racketeering, Money Laundering and Related Charges
19 individuals were arrested today in the United States, Colombia, Ecuador, and El Salvador in connection with racketeering, money laundering and visa fraud charges. Five of the arrestees are charged in a U.S. indictment for participation in a four-year transnational visa fraud, racketeering, and money-laundering scheme that defrauded thousands of Central and South American nationals seeking to work lawfully in the United States. Victims were defrauded of over $2.5M dollars.