CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - The Department of Justice says a Kenyan national and a Guyanese national have been charged in South Carolina after an investigation into stolen HIV test kits and other health commodities meant for Kenya.

U.S. Attorney Bryan Stirling for the District of South Carolina says Eric Mwangi, 40, of Kenya, and his company started systematically stealing HIV test kits from a $650 million USAID-funded program, KEMSA Medical Commodities Program, meant to provide care and treatment in Kenya.

Prosecutors say Mwangi started to sell the medical supplies meant for Kenya to Davendra Rampersaud, 42, of Guyana, and his company, Caribbean Medical Supplies, Inc., making $177,000 between 2015 and 2019. Rampersaud obtained a fraudulent “Letter of Authority” to operate as an authorized

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