| In Corrupt UN of Guterres
Scarcia of UNIDO Named by
Whistleblowers Fearing Retaliation
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
UN GATE,
Sept 17 – How corrupt is the
UN system under Antonio
Guterres? A month after our
first Inner City Press story
on UNIDO, we add to it, below:
"Dear Matthew
Lee, We are writing to
urgently bring to your
attention serious concerns
regarding the mismanagement
and potential misappropriation
of European Union funds
allocated to the United
Nations Industrial Development
Organization (UNIDO).
Our efforts reporting Ygor
Scarcia internally to UNIDO
Human Resources and the
Internal Oversight Directorate
have gone in vain.
Mr. Ygor Scarcia
appears to be protected...
Mr. Scarcia has
submitted forged invoices and
deliverable reports to justify
approvals from the UNIDO
finance and procurement team,
transferring payments to
vendors with personal ties.
These funds are then channeled
to offshore bank accounts [End
of Part 1] And now:
Employees within
the UNIDO Finance and HR
departments are anxious to
come forward due to harassment
and threats from Mr. Scarcia.
Finance team members at UNIDO
in Vienna, who have witnessed
Mr. Scarcia’s fraudulent
practices, have been coerced
into approving payments
through constant harassment
and threats. One finance team
assistant admitted that Mr.
Scarcia threatened her in the
hall on the 18th Floor at
UNIDO during Mr Scarcia’s
visit to Headquarters in
November 2023. She was
later found sobbing and
shaking in the women's
bathroom. We have spoken to
her, and she confirmed the
story but refused to be named
or come forward due to fear of
retaliation. We urged
via OLAF the European Union to
initiate an immediate and
thorough audit of Project ID
200319 and Grant ID 2000004755
to ascertain the extent of the
financial irregularities and
take appropriate corrective
actions. Additionally, we
requested that FAO and UNDP
suspend all current and future
funding commitments to Mr.
Ygor Scarcia and Mr. Najib
Abdi. It is crucial to ensure
that all involved parties are
held liable and that measures
are put in place to bring them
to justice and prevent such
occurrences in the
future. Allies and
Connections Furthermore,
BEGER Gunther and Jason Slater
are believed to be Mr
Scarcia’s closest allies
within UNIDO walls, benefiting
from the embezzlement through
kickbacks. Mr Beger, with a
history at the World Bank, was
appointed to UNIDO by Director
General Gerd Mueller due to
their past
acquaintance.... Given
the serious nature of these
allegations and the potential
for retaliation by Mr.
Scarcia, we formally request
whistleblower protection in
line with EU and UN
regulations. It is vital to
ensure that individuals who
come forward with such
information are safeguarded
against any form of
reprisal. Please
consider this email a formal
whistleblower report. We trust
that you will handle this
matter with the seriousness it
deserves. We kindly ask you to
facilitate leaking this story
through appropriate channels
to the mass media and through
your own networks and the
journal called Inner City
Press. Thank you for
your prompt attention to this
urgent request. We appreciate
the vital work you do [End of
Part 2 - and what is the UN
system doing?]
Keep it coming.
Though Inner City Press
remains banned
by Guterres and no response by
his Melissa Fleming to this,
we continue reporting - keep
it coming. And watch this
site.
***
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