LEWISTON – An administrative report on a city general assistance caseworker accused of using his position to solicit sex should wrap up this week.

The caseworker, Abdiaziz Ali, 34, has been placed on paid administrative leave from the city while Assistant City Administrator Phil Nadeau investigates.

“I expect to wrap up the report and have it in (City Administrator) Jim Bennett’s hands by the end of the week,” Nadeau said.

Ali was issued a summons in August on charges of engaging a prostitute and official oppression. Bennett said then that if Nadeau’s investigation proved that the allegations were factual, he would have no problem with terminating his employment.

Police say Ali, who also serves as a liaison for the Somali community, pressured a local woman to have sex with him by promising her reduced rent. Detectives assigned to the case secretly recorded conversations between Ali and the woman before charges were filed, police said.

“There is a criminal investigation going on, but I’m pursuing a purely administrative investigation,” Nadeau said. He has provided information to police investigating the criminal charges but Nadeau said he does not have access to their side of the investigation.

According to Maine law, the charge of engaging a prostitute alleges that a person offers money or other benefits in exchange for sex. The woman who complained to police about Ali is not a prostitute, investigators said.

Official oppression is a charge that targets public servants accused of committing illegal acts by using the power of his or her office, according to Maine law.