Idris Ahmad, a 53-year-old Maryland resident, has pleaded guilty to charges of fraud and theft in the D.C. Superior Court. He faced two counts each of second-degree fraud and second-degree theft for submitting fraudulent timesheets to both the D.C. Department of Health (DOH) and the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). The plea was announced by U.S. Attorney Edward R. Martin, Jr., representing the District of Columbia, alongside Daniel W. Lucas, Inspector General for the District.
The Honorable Robert R. Rigsby accepted Ahmad's guilty plea and scheduled his sentencing 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. When his shift at JBAB changed to daytime hours, it overlapped significantly with his duties at DOH. From September 2020 through June 2021, Ahmad submitted overlapping timesheets to both employers and misled them about his dual billing practices to continue receiving paychecks from each.
The case was investigated by the D.C. Office of the Inspector General with assistance from the U.S. Department of Defense. It was prosecuted by Special Assistant United States Attorneys Bayly Leighton and Micah Bluming, along with Assistant United States Attorneys Caroline Huether and Anna Forgie.