May 26, 2021 A Nigerian citizen arrested May 14, 2021 at JFK Airport in New York, is now 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, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Tessa M. Gorman. Abidemi Rufai, aka Sandy Tang of Lekki, Nigeria, remains detained at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, New York. Prosecutors have asked U.S. District Judge Benjamin Settle to order Rufai detained and transported to the Western District of Washington for arraignment on the indictment.
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A common theme in many scams, including phony lottery scams and the infamous grandparent scam, is that the criminals will require the victim to wire money. Once money has been wired it is impossible to trace or stop the payment.
In response to this problem, the Federal Trade Commission filed charges against Western Union in 2017 and MoneyGram in 2009. According to the FTC, it wasn’t that these companies were active co-conspirators, but instead they turned blind eye to the fact that their services were being used by criminals. Both companies settled the FTC’s claims and agreed to make substantial changes in how they did business in order to reduce fraud.
Suspect arrested after U.S. Postal Service truck is stolen in Detroit
A person is in police custody following the carjacking of a U.S. Postal Service truck. The USPS offered a cash reward for information leading to an arrest after the postal truck was stolen from a worker in Detroit on Wednesday.
Posted at 6:50 PM, Apr 14, 2021
and last updated 2021-04-14 23:17:15-04
DETROIT (WXYZ) â A person is in police custody following the carjacking of a U.S. Postal Service truck. The USPS offered a cash reward for information leading to an arrest after the postal truck was stolen from a worker in Detroit on Wednesday.
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