Former Director of Financial Management at the US African Development Foundation Sentenced

Mathieu Zahui spent fifteen years rising to the top of his agency’s financial operations and then used that authority to steer taxpayer‑funded contracts to a friend while pocketing cash for himself.

When federal agents sought answers, he didn’t come clean; he doubled down with repeated lies. Public servants who betray the public trust and obstruct oversight will be held accountable.

US Attorney Pirro

Mathieu Zahui, 59, the former Director of Financial Management at the U.S. African Development Foundation, was sentenced today to four months in prison in connection with a multi-year scheme in which he steered federal contracts to a friend's company, accepted cash payments in…

— U.S. Attorney DC (@USAO_DC) May 27, 2026

… return, and then lied to federal investigators about it.