America sells luxury wristwatch, necklace seized from jailed Nigerian official
Based on his plea agreement with the prosecution, Abidemi Rufai agreed to pay defrauded agencies full restitution of $604,260.
Based on his plea agreement with the prosecution, Abidemi Rufai agreed to pay defrauded agencies full restitution of $604,260.
The suspended Ogun State governor’s aide, Abidemi Rufai, pleaded guilty to the charges in May, admitting to have defrauded 12 ...
The trial court in the US will make an order of forfeiture of the proceeds of the fraud during the ...
The U.S. government sought the forfeiture of the $600,000 proceeds of fraud after the suspended Ogun State governor's aide, Abidemi ...
Abidemi Rufai fraudulently used information of more than 20,000 Americans to submit fraudulent claims of more than $2 million.
Abiodun Rufai, a suspended aide to Ogun State governor, faces charges of $350,000 employment benefit fraud. His lawyer also indicated ...
The EFCC says it is investigating Abidemi Rufai, a suspended aide of Ogun State governor, in collaboration with the United ...
The court postponed the trial date to next year due to the “unusual and complex” nature of the $350,000 fraud ...
The “discovery” includes electronic documents in a variety of formats, and contains personal information or “sensitive financial information.''
The court agreed with federal prosecutors that Mr Rufai represents a flight risk and may jump bail.
The U.S government accused Mr Rufai of participating in a "fraudulent surety scheme" in his desperate bid to get a ...
Mr Rufai reportedly misled the court in his desperate bid to get a surety for the bail earlier granted him.
Mr Rufai says he would not have been appointed as an aide to Ogun State governor if he was not ...
Abidemi Rufai argues through his lawyer that he is entitled to bail because his case is not one designated for ...
The U.S. authorities allege that the suspect ran the scheme between July 2017 and 2018, through hacking of over 5,500 ...
Nine counts of wire fraud and five counts of aggravated identity theft were ratified by the grand jury against Mr ...
He is to face charges for aggravated identity theft.
Mr Rufai allegedly filed 652 fraudulent tax returns, seeking approximately $1.6 million in fraudulent tax refunds.
Mr Rufai is currently enmeshed in a $350,000 COVID-19 unemployment fraud in the United States.
This comes days after the U.S government alleged that the surety herself "is a suspect in an investigation into an ...
Mr Rufai, who is an aide to Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State, is currently enmeshed in $350,000 COVID-19 unemployment ...
At the core of this slow arrival into the 21st century is the problem of leadership. Exactly a year ago, ...
"If he does escape to Nigeria, extradition will be extraordinarily difficult or impossible because of his ties to the Nigerian ...
The defendant's brother was unable to afford the $300,000 surety bond for his bail on Wednesday.
The defendant's brother reportedly said he could not afford the $300,000 surety bond.
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