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Abidemi Rufai, a suspended aide to Ogun State Governor Dapo Abiodun, was sentenced to five years in prison by a US District Court in Western Tacoma, Washington, for fraud.<\/p>\n

The US Department of Justice announced that Mr. Rufai<\/a> was sentenced on Monday for wire fraud and aggravated identity theft.<\/p>\n

The statement cited trial judge Benjamin Settle as saying, “The motivation was greed, unbridled greed, and a callousness towards those who have suffered.”<\/p>\n

Rufai was arrested in New York in May 2021 as he was about to board a flight. He has been in detention since then.<\/p>\n

He unlawfully obtained the personal identifying information for more than 20,000 Americans to submit more than $2 million in claims for federally funded benefits under a variety of relief programmes. The various agencies involved paid out more than $600,000.<\/p>\n

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<\/a>. Rufai also submitted fraudulent pandemic unemployment claims in at least 17 other states.<\/p>\n

The 45-year-old 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.<\/p>\n

Rufai pleaded guilty to the charges in May 2022. Based on his plea agreement with the prosecution, he agreed to pay full restitution of $604,260 to the defrauded agencies.<\/p>\n

But the Department of Justice\u2019s statement said he \u201chas not fully cooperated with efforts to identify and forfeit assets that could be used for restitution.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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