Prosecutors on Friday charged a former USAID procurement officer with creating a fake company so that he could take advantage of coronavirus benefits for himself. If only DOGE were around when those PPP loans were going out — what percentage of those do you think were fraudulent?
Federal prosecutors in DC say a senior USAID contracting officer created a fake company to steer himself money via the coronavirus bailout. pic.twitter.com/7TKdSp1adQ
— Luke Rosiak (@lukerosiak) May 10, 2025
PPP loans were paid out to Yusuf Akoll despite massive red flags, including the fact that he was a full-time USAID employee and the company he claimed the bailout for wouldn't match up with state corporate records or federal tax records.https://t.co/iLheH4PDEe
— Luke Rosiak (@lukerosiak) May 10, 2025
Luke Rosiak reports for The Daily Wire:
A USAID employee in charge of managing contracts for the agency created a fake company to fraudulently secure coronavirus benefits for himself, federal prosecutors said Friday.
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Prosecutors said that in November 2020, [Yusef] Akoll registered a company in Virginia called Naagode Consulting LLC, then applied for a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan under the coronavirus bailout package, claiming he worked at Naagode and the money was necessary to prevent job losses.
Only companies in operation in February 2020 were eligible, so he falsely said it was established in January 2020. To establish a loss of income, he said the company had $40,000 in income in 2019 when it actually had no income, prosecutors said.
Behold, this is my shocked face. pic.twitter.com/kufDMfFdvU
— Dana L. Coe (@danalcoe) May 10, 2025
Something tells me that this was not an isolated incident
— FLFGuru (@flwronly124) May 10, 2025
I would very strongly guess at least +10k federal employees have and are doing this.
— Amory Blaine (@amoryxblaine) May 10, 2025
USAID has the same relationship to saving lives that Tony Soprano has providing Thanksgiving dinners. pic.twitter.com/8kzRaeUnoF
— Dave Mason (@EvadMason) May 10, 2025
Not content to create fake companies to steer money to friendly political insiders & CIA shell companies, turns out folks at USAID were also creating fake companies to send money to themselves
— Obeydul Haque (@obeydulX) May 10, 2025
Straight to Alcatraz
— Jeff E. (@JeffEck12) May 10, 2025
Bet he’s just the obvious one. So many people abused the PPP loans and enriched themselves greatly over it. Kinda jealous to a degree to be honest. I just couldn’t live with myself for doing it though.
— Tom Butler (@hititlongest) May 10, 2025
Thus begins the indictment of sacrificial lambs rather than the political ring leaders. As usual, those at the head of the snake will skate away to their next grift
— Dee (@Deenimal) May 10, 2025
— Rando Piloto (@pilotoincognito) May 10, 2025
— 𝕾𝕿. 𝐕𝖊𝖗𝖕𝖎𝖘𝖘 𝕯𝖎𝖈𝖍 🜲 (@VerpissDich99) May 10, 2025
They stole the money with compassion so it's ok
— BarelyHere (@WinstonSalem84) May 10, 2025
He learned well from his employer.
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