{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Kabul Press","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.kabulpress.org","title":"Former U.N. administrator accused of embezzling half-million dollars during stint in Afghanistan","author_name":"Kamran Mir Hazar, \nRobert Maier","width":"600","height":"400","url":"https:\/\/mail.bamyanpress.com\/article3190.html","html":"\u003Ch4 class='title'\u003E\u003Ca href='https:\/\/mail.bamyanpress.com\/article3190.html'\u003EFormer U.N. administrator accused of embezzling half-million dollars during stint in Afghanistan\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cblockquote class='spip'\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe U.N. Procurement Task Force accused Gary K. Helseth, an American who headed the U.N. Office for Project Services (UNOPS) in Afghanistan from 2002 to 2006, in December of using the funds for lavish purchases, including first-class flights to Las Vegas and meals in posh restaurants in Copenhagen, Dubai, Florence and New York. Helseth oversaw more than $1 billion in reconstruction funds contributed by the United States and other international donors after the fall of the Taliban. \u2014 The (\u2026)\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n"}