Former American Embassy Employee Convicted of Sexually Abusing Minors in Burkina Faso

Greenbelt, Maryland – A federal jury convicted Fode Sitafa Mara, 40, of Takoma Park, Maryland, on four counts of aggravated sexual abuse perpetrated against two minors, one count of coercion and enticement, and one count of obstruction.

Kelly O. Hayes, U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland, announced the conviction with Acting Assistant Attorney General Matthew R. Galeotti, Justice Department, Criminal Division, and Deputy Assistant Director George Semertsidis, U.S. Department of State’s Diplomatic Security Service (DSS).

USAID OIG's Long-Term International Investigation into Conspiracy to Steal American-Funded Aid Concludes with 2 Indicted, 1 Convicted

CHARLESTON, S.C. — A long-term investigation concluded today with the unsealing of an indictment in the District of South Carolina charging two foreign nationals with conspiring against the United States to illegally divert U.S.-funded global health commodities from a Kenyan government-run corporation, Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (KEMSA).

USAID Inspector General Investigation Leads to Conviction and Sentencing of Foreign National Involved in Kickback Scheme to Defraud U.S.-funded Power Grid Project in Pakistan 

WASHINGTON- Atif Hussein Gillani, 45, a Pakistani national, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia and was sentenced on September 23, 2025, for conspiracy to commit theft while working as a contractor on a U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded power distribution program in Pakistan, announced Sean M. Bottary, USAID Office of Inspector General (USAID OIG)’s Acting Assistant IG for Investigations. 

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