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Abidemi Rufai, the suspended SSA to Ogun State gov, sentenced to prison in US

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Abidemi Rufai, the suspended aide of Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State, Nigeria, has been sentenced to five years imprisonment for fraud by a United States court. He had attempted to use stolen identities to steal nearly $2.4 million from the United States government, including approximately $500,000 in pandemic-related unemployment benefits. According to the statement, Rufai admitted a […]

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Abidemi Rufai, the suspended SSA to Ogun State gov, pleads guilty to wire fraud in US

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Abidemi Rufai, the suspended SSA to Governor of Ogun state, Mr. Dapo Abiodun, has pleaded guilty to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, in a U.S. District Court in Tacoma. Rufai, 45, who admitted to using stolen identities to claim hundreds of thousands of dollars in pandemic-related unemployment benefits, has been in custody since his […]

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