Dapo Abiodun’s aide Abidemi Rufai arrested in US over $350,000 million unemployment fraud
An aide to the governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State has been arrested in the United States of America in connection with a $350,000 million unemployment fraud.
An aide to the governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State has been arrested in the United States of America in connection with a $350,000 million unemployment fraud.
“This is the first, but will not be the last, significant arrest in our ongoing investigation of ESD fraud,” said Tessa Gorman, acting US attorney for the Western District of Washington.
However, he is scheduled for a detention hearing Wednesday.
His arrest comes almost a year after officials announced they were temporarily suspending unemployment benefits payments after discovering that criminals had used stolen Social Security numbers and other personal information to file bogus claims for federal and state unemployment benefits.
The criminal complaint also said Rufai mailed some of the proceeds of his fraud to the Jamaica and New York addresses of his relatives with more than $288,000 deposits between March and August 2020.
“Since the first fraud reports to our office in April 2020, we have worked diligently with a federal law enforcement team to track down the criminals who stole funds designated for pandemic relief,” said Gorman. “This is the first, but will not be the last, significant arrest in our ongoing investigation of ESD fraud.”
