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Abidemi Rufai, a Senior Special Assistant to Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State, who is charged in Washington state over unemployment scam, has been

 of Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State, maintains that he is a man of integrity. Mr Rufai said he would not have been appointed as a senior aide to Mr Abiodun if he was not morally upright. This claim was contained in his filing at a U.S. court where he is battling to have the suspended bail earlier granted him restored. The suspect has been in detention since his arrestat John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York on May 14 for pending $350,000 fraud charges instituted against him. A...

Abidemi Rufai argues through his lawyer that he is entitled to bail because his case is not one designated for “mandatory...

❚ You already voted!   Abidemi Rufai, an aide of Ogun State Governor Dapo Abiodun, could be facing a fresh charge after federal prosecutors in the United States alleged he also sought to defraud the Internal Revenue Service of nearly $1.6 million. The 42-year-old has already been indicted for conspiracy, wire fraud and aggravated identity theft for his scheme to steal over $350,000 in unemployment benefits from the Washington State Employment Security Department.   Prosecutors, on ...

Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State, is to be arraigned on fraud charges before a United States Courthouse, in Tacoma, Washington, on June 8, 2021, PREMIUM TIMES reports. He will appear before Theresa Fricke, a U.S. magistrate. This development comes after a federal grand jury ratified the charges involving conspiracy, wire fraud and “aggravated identity theft”. He allegedly used the identity theft as a scheme “to steal over $350,000 in unemployment benefits from the Washington State Employment S...

TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — A suspended Nigerian government official accused of stealing...

Mr Rufai allegedly filed 652 fraudulent tax returns, seeking approximately $1.6 million in fraudulent tax refunds.

He is to face charges for aggravated identity theft.

3 min read Abidemi Rufai’s brother refused to stand surety for him in the $350,000 fraud case against him in the United States (U.S.), PREMIUM TIMES can report. Mr Rufai, a suspended aideof Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State, was arrestedby the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York on May 14. He was on May 19 granted a $300,000 bail by a New York magistrate’s court, but the Acting U.S. Attorney, Tessa Gorman, on May 24, filed an...

Mr Rufai, who is an aide to Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State, is currently enmeshed in $350,000 COVID-19 unemployment fraud in the United States.