USAID official pleads guilty in $550 million fraud scheme

[marvin martian]

Until DOGE busted him, this guy was getting away with it for years, and would have continued if President Trump hadn't shut down this corrupt scam.

This is the tip of the iceberg. These people stole BILLIONS of our dollars from us.

USAID Official, Three Executives Plead Guilty In $550M Bribery Scheme​

USAID Official, Three Executives Plead Guilty In $550M Bribery Scheme

A USAID contracting officer and three corporate executives have pleaded guilty to orchestrating a decade-long $550 million bribery scheme.

dallasexpress.com

Roderick Watson, 57, of Woodstock, Maryland, a former USAID contracting officer, admitted to accepting bribes to manipulate contract awards.

Walter Barnes, 46, of Potomac, Maryland, owner and president of Vistant, and Darryl Britt, 64, of Myakka City, Florida, owner and president of Apprio, both pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bribery. Britt also pleaded guilty to securities fraud.

Paul Young, 62, of Columbia, Maryland, president of a subcontractor to both companies, pleaded guilty to bribery conspiracy.
Starting in 2013, Watson allegedly accepted bribes from Britt to steer USAID contracts to Apprio, a certified small business under the SBA 8(a) program, which aids disadvantaged firms with exclusive contracting opportunities. After Apprio graduated from the program in 2018, the scheme shifted, with Vistant becoming the prime contractor and Apprio a subcontractor on contracts Watson influenced through 2022.

Britt and Barnes funneled bribes to Watson, often through Young, including cash, laptops, NBA suite tickets, a country club wedding, mortgage down payments, phones, and jobs for Watson’s relatives. These were disguised via false payroll entries, shell companies, and fake invoices. Watson allegedly received over $1 million in bribes, using his position to recommend Apprio and Vistant for non-competitive awards, leak sensitive bidding information, provide favorable evaluations, and approve contract decisions.

 

[HikerGuy83]

Ooops.

But but but.....government is not that inefficient.

 

[elektra]

Government employees should receive one criminal charge, for every single penny they stole

That is how democrats charged trump, for every line in a ledger.

Charge Government employees for each penny.

Life in jail is too good for them

 

[BluesLegend]

NOBODY is surprised this Dem corruption was going on.

 

[HikerGuy83]

NOBODY is surprised this Dem corruption was going on.

"was" ?????

 

[Oddball]

Now take take these dudes and squeeze their nuts to rat out other fraudsters and thieves, in exchange for easier sentences.

 

[OldFlame]

And this is just one example, if anti-fraud measures are that lax, imagine what else is going on that hasn't been discovered.

 

[roderick]

Sacrificial lamb.

 

[The Sage of Main Street]

Now take take these dudes and squeeze their nuts to rat out other fraudsters and thieves, in exchange for easier sentences.

Take Back the Take

No sentences, only fines. We can balance the budget by bankrupting the thieves.

 

[Rigby5]

Until DOGE busted him, this guy was getting away with it for years, and would have continued if President Trump hadn't shut down this corrupt scam.

This is the tip of the iceberg. These people stole BILLIONS of our dollars from us.

USAID Official, Three Executives Plead Guilty In $550M Bribery Scheme​

USAID Official, Three Executives Plead Guilty In $550M Bribery Scheme

A USAID contracting officer and three corporate executives have pleaded guilty to orchestrating a decade-long $550 million bribery scheme.

dallasexpress.com

Roderick Watson, 57, of Woodstock, Maryland, a former USAID contracting officer, admitted to accepting bribes to manipulate contract awards.

Walter Barnes, 46, of Potomac, Maryland, owner and president of Vistant, and Darryl Britt, 64, of Myakka City, Florida, owner and president of Apprio, both pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bribery. Britt also pleaded guilty to securities fraud.

Paul Young, 62, of Columbia, Maryland, president of a subcontractor to both companies, pleaded guilty to bribery conspiracy.
Starting in 2013, Watson allegedly accepted bribes from Britt to steer USAID contracts to Apprio, a certified small business under the SBA 8(a) program, which aids disadvantaged firms with exclusive contracting opportunities. After Apprio graduated from the program in 2018, the scheme shifted, with Vistant becoming the prime contractor and Apprio a subcontractor on contracts Watson influenced through 2022.

Britt and Barnes funneled bribes to Watson, often through Young, including cash, laptops, NBA suite tickets, a country club wedding, mortgage down payments, phones, and jobs for Watson’s relatives. These were disguised via false payroll entries, shell companies, and fake invoices. Watson allegedly received over $1 million in bribes, using his position to recommend Apprio and Vistant for non-competitive awards, leak sensitive bidding information, provide favorable evaluations, and approve contract decisions.

Wrong.
The bribes do not amount to $550 million, but a very tiny amount actually.
And there is no evidence any harm was done.
Regardless of whether or not bribes were paid to recommend Apprio and Vistant, it could still be they were the best ones for the contracts.
It is the contracts that amounted to $550 million, not the tiny bribes.

 

[Rigby5]

Ooops.

But but but.....government is not that inefficient.

There is nothing here to prove any inefficiency.
There is nothing to indicate the contracts should have gone anyone else, or that the contract work was not done well.

 

[Rigby5]

Government employees should receive one criminal charge, for every single penny they stole

That is how democrats charged trump, for every line in a ledger.

Charge Government employees for each penny.

Life in jail is too good for them

Wrong.
There is nothing to indicate any money at all was taken from government or anyone else.
Companies gifting bureaucrats is always going to happen.
To prove a crime you have to show how someone else could have done the contract for less or better.
And that is not the case.

 

[Rigby5]

NOBODY is surprised this Dem corruption was going on.

Wrong.
USAid is not Dem.
Its both parties equally.

 

[Captain Caveman]

Take Back the Take

No sentences, only fines. We can balance the budget by bankrupting the thieves.

In the UK, some retail companies that when they catch a shoplifter, they not only prosecute through the courts the price of the item, they add in a pro rata cost of the company's security bill. So a £10 shop lifting item can result in a few thousand pounds bill.

Those caught with the fraud should be bankrupted and charged millions. The deterrent has to be meaningful.

 

[Crepitus]

Until DOGE busted him, this guy was getting away with it for years, and would have continued if President Trump hadn't shut down this corrupt scam.

This is the tip of the iceberg. These people stole BILLIONS of our dollars from us.

USAID Official, Three Executives Plead Guilty In $550M Bribery Scheme​

USAID Official, Three Executives Plead Guilty In $550M Bribery Scheme

A USAID contracting officer and three corporate executives have pleaded guilty to orchestrating a decade-long $550 million bribery scheme.

dallasexpress.com

Roderick Watson, 57, of Woodstock, Maryland, a former USAID contracting officer, admitted to accepting bribes to manipulate contract awards.

Walter Barnes, 46, of Potomac, Maryland, owner and president of Vistant, and Darryl Britt, 64, of Myakka City, Florida, owner and president of Apprio, both pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bribery. Britt also pleaded guilty to securities fraud.

Paul Young, 62, of Columbia, Maryland, president of a subcontractor to both companies, pleaded guilty to bribery conspiracy.
Starting in 2013, Watson allegedly accepted bribes from Britt to steer USAID contracts to Apprio, a certified small business under the SBA 8(a) program, which aids disadvantaged firms with exclusive contracting opportunities. After Apprio graduated from the program in 2018, the scheme shifted, with Vistant becoming the prime contractor and Apprio a subcontractor on contracts Watson influenced through 2022.

Britt and Barnes funneled bribes to Watson, often through Young, including cash, laptops, NBA suite tickets, a country club wedding, mortgage down payments, phones, and jobs for Watson’s relatives. These were disguised via false payroll entries, shell companies, and fake invoices. Watson allegedly received over $1 million in bribes, using his position to recommend Apprio and Vistant for non-competitive awards, leak sensitive bidding information, provide favorable evaluations, and approve contract decisions.

Now I know you're all excised and shit about finally finding some corruption but that's not necessarily a reflection on the program. Those contracts were gonna go to somebody. A corrupt official accepted bribes to steer them to certain companies.

A corrupt official. One. Who left in 2024, BTW.

Plus I can find no details on this investigation at all. Just the plea deals. Be good to know who started it and when.

 

[marvin martian]

Now I know you're all excised and shit about finally finding some corruption but that's not necessarily a reflection on the program. Those contracts were gonna go to somebody. A corrupt official accepted bribes to steer them to certain companies.

A corrupt official. One. Who left in 2024, BTW.

Plus I can find no details on this investigation at all. Just the plea deals. Be good to know who started it and when.

This is why you people have a 21% approval rating.

 

[Crepitus]

This is why you people have a 21% approval rating.

Because we ask intelligent questions?

Yu have a pretty low opinion of the average American.

 

[marvin martian]

Because we ask intelligent questions?

Yu have a pretty low opinion of the average American.

No, because you read this, see it was done by your fellow DemoKKKrats, and say you don't see anything wrong with it:

Britt and Barnes funneled bribes to Watson, often through Young, including cash, laptops, NBA suite tickets, a country club wedding, mortgage down payments, phones, and jobs for Watson’s relatives. These were disguised via false payroll entries, shell companies, and fake invoices. Watson allegedly received over $1 million in bribes, using his position to recommend Apprio and Vistant for non-competitive awards, leak sensitive bidding information, provide favorable evaluations, and approve contract decisions.

 

[imawhosure]

No, because you read this, see it was done by your fellow DemoKKKrats, and say you don't see anything wrong with it:

Britt and Barnes funneled bribes to Watson, often through Young, including cash, laptops, NBA suite tickets, a country club wedding, mortgage down payments, phones, and jobs for Watson’s relatives. These were disguised via false payroll entries, shell companies, and fake invoices. Watson allegedly received over $1 million in bribes, using his position to recommend Apprio and Vistant for non-competitive awards, leak sensitive bidding information, provide favorable evaluations, and approve contract decisions.

This is what DEcrepid and Rigby........along with the rest of the Democraps are now lowered to. They have to sit on here and pretend that there is "nothing to see here!"

Look back in the threads, lol. Which group of people was SCREAMING about USaid, lol. DOGE got them, and OMG, did the LEFTISTS scream like stuck little piglets, hehehehehehehe.

 

[elektra]

Wrong.
There is nothing to indicate any money at all was taken from government or anyone else.
Companies gifting bureaucrats is always going to happen.
To prove a crime you have to show how someone else could have done the contract for less or better.
And that is not the case.

And to prove me wrong you need not be immature replying with your contradiction, "no it's not"

We got convictions as proof.