US Group May Have Double Billed Government for Research in China: Investigators
The U.S.-based group that funneled taxpayer money to the laboratory in China in the city where the first COVID-19 cases were detected may have double billed the U.S. government, an investigative team has found.
A team led by Diane Cutler, a former federal investigator, uncovered evidence of potential double billing by the EcoHealth Alliance, a New York organization that funneled money to the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
The evidence was provided to the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Office of Inspector General, according to Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.), who hired Cutler.
The evidence indicates EcoHealth Alliance may have double billed USAID and the U.S. National Institutes of Health….