USAID’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) initiated an investigation into a Supervisory Executive Officer (EXO) working in Africa following allegations she had violated terms of an employment contract with a Foreign National she hired as in-home domestic help.
The investigation revealed that the EXO hired a housekeeper while working for a USAID mission in Africa. She continued employing the Foreign National in the United States as both a housekeeper and caregiver to an ailing family member. However, OIG found the EXO materially diverted from the terms of the employment agreement with the caregiver, failing to pay the agreed-upon rate or to pay her for all the hours she actually worked.
The U.S. Department of Justice declined to pursue Federal criminal charges against the EXO. OIG provided a report to USAID for action.
For more on USAID OIG’s investigative results, please visit https://oig.usaid.gov/our-work/investigations
USAID OIG reminds personnel and implementers to continue to report allegations of misconduct to USAID OIG’s Hotline, consistent with their award requirements or other legal obligations.