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SEATTLE (AP) — A Nigerian government official arrested in connection with Washington’s $650 million unemployment fraud will remain in jail until his trial, a federal judge ruled Friday.

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

The authorities argued that if Rufai escapes to Nigeria, extradition will be extraordinarily difficult or impossible because of his ties to the Nigerian government.

 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...

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 $350,000 from Washington state as part of a massive pandemic-related fraud also sought to bilk the Internal Revenue Service of nearly $1.6 million, federal prosecutors said Friday.

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

A suspended Nigerian government official accused of stealing $350,000 from Washington state as part of a massive pandemic-related fraud also sought to bilk the Internal Revenue Service of nearly $1.6 million, federal prosecutors said Friday.

TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — A woman who who stole almost $7 million from the Pierce County...