Wash. U.S. Attorney: Nigerian Citizen Pleads Guilty to COVID-19 Unemployment Fraud on Washington, 17 Other States
May 05, 2022
May 05, 2022
SEATTLE, Washington, May 5 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Washington, Nick Brown, issued the following news release on May 3, 2022:
A 45-year-old resident of Lekki, Nigeria, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft for using stolen identities to claim hundreds of thousands of dollars in pandemic-related unemployment benefits, announced U.S. Attorney Nick Brown. Abidemi Rufai has been in custody since his arre . . .
A 45-year-old resident of Lekki, Nigeria, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft for using stolen identities to claim hundreds of thousands of dollars in pandemic-related unemployment benefits, announced U.S. Attorney Nick Brown. Abidemi Rufai has been in custody since his arre . . .