Pursuits
Aid Group Backed by Bill Gates and Bono Draws Senate Scrutiny
- Investigative unit said to question ex-official of Global Fund
- Advocacy group seeks action against fund leaders who fired IG
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A U.S. Senate panel is examining whether a global aid group funded partly by billionaire Bill Gates and rock star Bono misled U.S. officials about its anti-corruption practices to retain government funding.
The inquiry stems from the handling of allegations of corruption that surfaced four years ago at the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, a multibillion-dollar charity with private and public support. Seth Faison, a Global Fund spokesman, categorically rejected any implication that the aid organization had engaged in misconduct.