AMERICANALMANAC (Ken Jacobs) - Maryland woman who defrauded USAID-funded charity must pay $160,000 on top of earlier restitution
A 59-year-old Maryland woman who avoided prison after pleading guilty to defrauding a federally funded nonprofit has now agreed to pay $160,000 in a separate civil settlement with the Justice Department, a case that illustrates the oversight failures DOGE and the Trump administration flagged across USAID. Carleena Graham, a former vice president of human resources […] The post Maryland woman who defrauded USAID-funded charity must pay $160,000 on top of earlier restitution appeared first on American Almanac .
A 59-year-old Maryland woman who avoided prison after pleading guilty to defrauding a federally funded nonprofit has now agreed to pay $160,000 in a separate civil settlement with the Justice Department, a case that illustrates the oversight failures DOGE and the Trump administration flagged across USAID. Carleena Graham, a former vice president of human resources at the nonprofit World Learning, entered the civil settlement last month to resolve DOJ allegations that she submitted fraudulent claims for payment to the U.S. government. The $160,000 comes on top of the $425,000 in restitution Graham already owed from her criminal case, in which she pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud. Just the News reported that the settlement closes…Open