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The Tegeta escrow account scandal is a 2014 multi million-dollar corruption scheme in the government of Tanzania. Reports and documents show that between US$250 million and $800 million were transferred from the Bank of Tanzania, the country's central bank, and distributed illegally among government officials.

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