Ever since President Trump returned to the White House, his administration has been on a mission to clean house across the federal government. Like turning on the lights in a roach-infested kitchen, the fraud and corruption scurrying for cover has been nothing short of astounding. From the Department of Education to Health and Human Services, government employees who thought they could get away with cheating American taxpayers are facing a rude awakening.

Just how many Biden-era bureaucrats have been helping themselves to your hard-earned tax dollars? The list grows longer by the week. The deep state gravy train is finally being derailed, and those who’ve been riding it for free are panicking. The latest example? A senior official at USAID—the foreign aid agency that Trump rightfully shuttered earlier this year.

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is now making headlines for all the wrong reasons. A senior procurement officer at the agency has been charged with pandemic bailout fraud after allegedly creating a fake company to secure coronavirus benefits for himself.

From ‘The Daily Wire’:

“Yusuf Akoll worked as a Senior Procurement Contract Specialist at the U.S. Agency for International Development,” according to a previously unreported court document. “From at least in or around March 2021, and continuing through at least in or around August 2021, Akoll [made] materially false, fictitious, and fraudulent statements…that resulted in Akoll receiving two [Paycheck Protection Program] loans totaling approximately $16,666 that he was not entitled to receive.”

The irony here is thicker than molasses in January. The very people entrusted with managing government contracts were apparently too busy creating shell companies to steal from taxpayers. And this wasn’t just any government employee—Akoll was literally in charge of managing contracts for USAID, handling hundreds of thousands of dollars flowing to foreign countries.

Your Tax Dollars at Fraud

What makes this case particularly infuriating is how easily Akoll’s scheme succeeded. According to prosecutors, he registered a company called Naagode Consulting LLC in November 2020, then applied for a PPP loan claiming the company was actually established in January 2020. He also claimed the company had $40,000 in income during 2019—a magical feat for a business that didn’t even exist yet.

The most damning part? The government just handed over the money without performing even basic verification. No cross-checking of state corporation records, no verification of tax returns—nothing. This wasn’t sophisticated fraud; it was taking candy from a baby when the baby is willfully looking the other way.

This is exactly why President Trump’s decision to shutter USAID and fold its remnants into the State Department was absolutely the right call. The agency had become a breeding ground for mismanagement, with Republicans and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) raising serious concerns about accountability.

The Democrat “Pay and Don’t Bother to Chase” Plan

If you think the Biden administration was serious about recovering fraudulently obtained funds, think again. Their approach to COVID relief was what they called a “pay and chase” model, where money would be disbursed with minimal vetting and fraudulent claims would supposedly be recovered later.

But here’s where it gets really rich: The Biden administration quickly abandoned even the pretense of “chasing.” In 2023, they announced they wouldn’t even try to collect on fraudulent loans under $100,000, conveniently citing “equity” as the reason. That’s right—they used the progressive buzzword “equity” as an excuse to let fraudsters walk away with your money.

The Small Business Administration’s inspector general blasted this decision, saying it “is not in compliance with applicable criteria” and would only encourage more fraud. But when did Democrats ever let a little thing like inspector general warnings get in the way of their agenda?

The Trillion-Dollar Heist You Never Heard About

While the mainstream media was busy obsessing over Trump’s tweets, criminals were making off with an estimated $1 TRILLION in COVID money. Let that sink in for a moment. That’s $1,000,000,000,000 of your tax dollars. According to testimony from Lexis Nexis Risk Solutions before Congress, most of that money went overseas, never to be seen again.

The scale of this theft is almost incomprehensible, yet it received minimal coverage from the same media outlets that scrutinize every penny of border wall funding. Funny how that works, isn’t it?

Senator Joni Ernst, head of the Senate DOGE Caucus, was one of the few fighting to maintain oversight, declaring: “I will not allow fraudsters to get away with stealing hundreds of billions of dollars from taxpayers.” Unlike her Democratic colleagues, who nearly allowed the Special Inspector General for Pandemic Recovery to expire in March 2025, effectively closing the book on government’s largest payment disaster in history.

Key Takeaways:

• A USAID contracting officer has been charged with creating a fake company to fraudulently obtain COVID relief funds.
• The Biden administration’s “equity” policies encouraged fraud by announcing they wouldn’t pursue recovery of fraudulent loans.
• An estimated $1 trillion in COVID relief money was stolen during the pandemic.

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