Matthew M. Graves U.S. Attorney | U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia
Idris Ahmad, a 53-year-old resident of Maryland, has entered a guilty plea in DC Superior Court to charges of second-degree fraud and theft. The charges stem from his submission of fraudulent timesheets to both the D.C. Department of Health (DOH) and the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). This announcement was made by U.S. Attorney Edward R. Martin, Jr., for the District of Columbia, alongside District of Columbia Inspector General Daniel W. Lucas.
Judge Robert R. Rigsby accepted Ahmad's guilty plea and has set the sentencing date for February 11, 2025.
Court documents reveal that Ahmad began working as a pest control supervisor with DOH in 2017 while also holding a night shift position as a pest controller at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling (JBAB) with DoD. Despite being moved to a day shift at JBAB, he continued to work both jobs even though the shifts overlapped significantly with his duties at DOH. From September 2020 through June 2021, Ahmad submitted timesheets claiming nearly identical hours for both positions and deceived both employers about this overlap to continue receiving paychecks from each.
The investigation into this case was conducted by the D.C. Office of the Inspector General with assistance from the U.S. Department of Defense. The prosecution team included Special Assistant United States Attorney Bayly Leighton, Special Assistant United States Attorney Micah Bluming, and Assistant United States Attorneys Caroline Huether and Anna Forgie.
