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OIG Case No. 05-044

A joint investigation with the Agency for International Development (USAID), Office of Inspector General, determined that a Foreign Service National cashier serving at a U.S. Embassy in Africa embezzled more than $200,000 from USAID and from the Department of State. The investigation revealed that the cashier embezzled approximately $120,000 from the USAID mission during a ten-year period ending in 2003. Subsequently, the subject was employed by the embassy and embezzled approximately another $93,000 before the thefts were uncovered in early 2005. When interviewed by agents of both agencies, the subject confessed to both embezzlements and was subsequently indicted by a Federal Grand Jury in Charleston, South Carolina.

On December 29, 2005, the former cashier pleaded guilty to embezzlement. On May 23, 2006, the subject was sentenced to 30 months imprisonment and restitution to the government in the amount of $214,000.

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