WASHINGTON- Atif Hussein Gillani, 45, a Pakistani national, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia and was sentenced on September 23, 2025, for conspiracy to commit theft while working as a contractor on a U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded power distribution program in Pakistan, announced Sean M. Bottary, USAID Office of Inspector General (USAID OIG)’s Acting Assistant IG for Investigations.
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USAID Inspector General Investigation Leads to Conviction and Sentencing of Foreign National Involved in Kickback Scheme to Defraud U.S.-funded Power Grid Project in Pakistan
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