A federal watchdog said Tuesday it has closed an investigation into alleged fraud involving a Venezuelan organization and the United Nations over lack of cooperation by the international intergovernmental organization.

The United States Agency for International Development, Office of Inspector General said the alleged fraud resulted in the loss of $393,000 for Venezuela. The IG office also said it tried unsuccessfully to get additional information from the United Nations' Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and Internal Oversight Services offices. However, the latter referred its criminal findings in the matter to the Venezuelan government prior to June 2025, at which time it was under the control of dictator Nicolas Maduro, despite international concerns about Venezuela’s judicial system.

“It is inexcusable for the U.N. and it’s so-called ‘investigators’ to be more transparent with Maduro’s thugs than with U.S. law enforcement probing fraud involving U.S.-funded aid,” a senior administration official responsible for U.S. programming in Venezuela told Just the News.

USAID OIG repeatedly requested “information and records necessary to identify subjects and develop additional investigative leads to support its investigation,” but was denied, the agency said in a statement.

OIOS argued that withholding identifying information about suspected individuals protected their due process rights. It also told USAID OIG that it was not authorized to provide the information to the U.S. under its established framework. OCHA also said it was not authorized to provide the necessary information.

The investigation involved an unnamed Venezuelan organization that was supposed to implement two OCHA projects worth $900,000 in 2021 and 2022. The alleged fraud resulted in the programs losing more than a third of the funding from U.S. taxpayers.