{"id":185114,"date":"2022-05-04T11:18:10","date_gmt":"2022-05-04T10:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=185114"},"modified":"2022-05-04T13:15:49","modified_gmt":"2022-05-04T12:15:49","slug":"abidemi-rufai-ogun-governor-associate-pleads-guilty-to-350k-fraud-in-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/05\/04\/abidemi-rufai-ogun-governor-associate-pleads-guilty-to-350k-fraud-in-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Abidemi Rufai, Ogun governor aide, pleads guilty to $350k fraud in US"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Abidemi Rufai, suspended aide of Dapo Abiodun, governor of Ogun, has admitted to cyber fraud indictment against his person.<\/p>\n<p>This is sequel to his guilty plea in a US district court in Tacoma to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that Rufai was arrested at <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/05\/18\/governor-abioduns-aide-abidemi-rufai-arrested-in-us-over-covid-19-unemployment-benefit-fraud\/\">New York\u2019s JFK Airport on his way to Nigeria in May, 2021.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rufai is long-standing associate of Governor Abiodun, whose re-election bid is hanging in the balance following petitions to have him disqualified from the APC primary over his fraudulent practices when he was in the US.<\/p>\n<p>The US department of justice said Rufai confessed that he used stolen identities to receive thousands of dollars in pandemic-related unemployment benefits.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement by the department on Tuesday, He\u00a0 also admitted to have since 2017 obtained identifying information for more than 20,000 Americans, submitted $2 million in claims for disaster relief and other federal benefits, and received more than $600,000,<\/p>\n<p>The largest amount of fraud was committed against the Washington state employment security department, which paid out $350,763 in fraudulent pandemic unemployment claims to accounts controlled by Rufai.<\/p>\n<p>Rufai was also said to have submitted fraudulent pandemic unemployment claims in at least 17 other states including Hawaii, Wyoming, Massachusetts, Montana, New York, and Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRufai also defrauded the Small Business Administration (SBA) by attempting to obtain Economic Injury Disaster loans (EIDL) tied to the COVID-19 pandemic. Between April 8, 2020, and June 26, 2020, he submitted 19 fraudulent EIDL applications. SBA paid out $10,000 based on the applications,\u201d the statement reads.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBetween 2017 and 2020, Rufai attempted to obtain more than $1.7 million in IRS tax refunds by submitting 675 false claims. The IRS paid out $90,877 on these claims.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRufai\u2019s efforts to enrich himself with false disaster claims did not start with COVID-19. In September and October 2017, he submitted 49 disaster relief claims connected to Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Irma. He filed $24,500 in false claims and was paid on 13 claims totaling $6,500.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The US authorities said Rufai has agreed to make full restitution to the defrauded agencies.<\/p>\n<p>Rufai faces up to 32 years in prison for wire fraud related to a presidentially declared disaster and aggravated identity theft but the US justice department said prosecutors have agreed to recommend no more than 71 months in prison.<\/p>\n<p>It, however, added that the recommendation is not binding on Benjamin Settle, US district judge, who will determine the appropriate sentence on August 15, 2022, after considering the sentencing guidelines and other statutory factors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Abidemi Rufai, suspended aide of Dapo Abiodun, governor of Ogun, has admitted to cyber fraud indictment against his person. This is sequel to his guilty plea in a US district court in Tacoma to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. 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