Investigative Summary
A USAID Office of Inspector General (OIG) investigation substantiated allegations that a project finance officer had embezzled $117,341 from a USAID-funded program in Papua New Guinea. The investigation revealed that the subject had fabricated bank documents and forged signatures to cash project checks to herself. Moreover, during an interview with OIG, the subject confessed to embezzling project funds and forging documents. As our office began working with law enforcement to bring the case to local prosecutors, the subject died. There was no loss to the USAID-funded program as it had not been billed for the $117,341.