Investigative Summary: USAID Subawardee Submitted False Claims for Reimbursement

USAID’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) initiated an investigation into an allegation that a USAID subawardee submitted false claims for reimbursement of tax payments to a foreign government.

OIG’s investigation found that the USAID sub-awardee made the tax payments to the foreign government but submitted false invoices and documents when requesting reimbursement from the USAID award. Those false claims inaccurately inflated the amount of tax paid. 

The investigation found evidence that the subawardee overcharged the USAID award $89,000.

OIG referred its findings to the Agency, which issued a $89,000 deduction in payments to the prime awardee to reimburse USAID for the overcharged amount.