DECEMBER 1999 : (USAID TERMINATES MALI RELIEF PROJECT, BUT IARA DOES NOT RETURN ALL OF THE AID MONEY—— SEE IARA, HAMED, BAGEGNI) IARA, Hamed and Bagegni had ...entered into a series of agreements with USAID for relief projects in Mali, Africa. When USAID terminated those agreements in December 1999, the amount of money involved totaled approximately $2 million. IARA had allegedly failed to fully fund the matching contributions required to receive USAID funds. After the termination of these agreements, the indictment alleges, IARA, Hamed and Bagegni, without authorization, retained approximately $84,922 of USAID money and failed to return the funds to USAID as called for by the agreements....——— “Islamic Charity Charged with Terrorist Financing; Former U.S. Congressman Indicted for Money Laundering,” January 16, 2008 http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/2008/January/08_nsd_029.html