Surety provided by Dapo Abiodun’s aide is a suspected fraudster__ U.S.
The United States Department of Justice in a statement to the United States Magistrate Judge in the Eastern District of New York, Ramon Reyes, has claimed that the surety Dapo Abiodun’s aide, Abidemi Rufai provided is a suspected fraudster.ll
The United States Department of Justice in a statement to the United States Magistrate Judge in the Eastern District of New York, Ramon Reyes, has claimed that the surety Dapo Abiodun’s aide, Abidemi Rufai provided is a suspected fraudster.
In a letter obtained by PREMIUM TIMES on Sunday, the Acting U.S. Attorney, Tessa Gorman said the “surety is a suspect in an ongoing investigation into an email impersonation scheme.”
“First, the FBI has conducted research into the Surety and has learned information indicating that the Surety is not an appropriate person to perform that role,” the letter partly read.
“In 2015, the Surety’s bank (Bank of America) issued a report naming the Surety as a suspect in an investigation into an email impersonation scheme.
“According to the bank’s report, a person purporting to be a donor deposited $134,000 into the bank account of a legitimate nonprofit. The “donor” (who was never identified) then contacted the non-profit and stated that some of the deposited funds were intended for a different recipient.
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“The donor asked the non-profit to wire the excess funds to three different accounts, one of which was a Bank of America accounts in the Surety’s name. The report indicates that the Surety then made cash withdrawals of the proceeds at two different B of A locations. The Surety did not respond to inquiries from Bank of America.
“Second, FBI’s research was unable to confirm that the Surety owns the listed real property. Mortgage and deed records for the property indicate that it was last purchased by an individual with the initials L.S.G. on November 7, 2014.”
You will recall that Mr. Rauf was arrested while trying to leave the US for a $350,000 COVID-19 unemployment fraud in the United States.
Moreso, he was reported to be using the identity of more than 100 Washington residents to steal more than $350,000 in unemployment benefits during the COVID-19 pandemic last year.
