Ex-Aide To Ogun Gov Pleads Guilty To Washington Pandemic Relief Fraud
LAGOS MAY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former Nigerian government official arrested in connection with massive fraud against Washington state’s pandemic relief efforts plead guilty Tuesday in federal court, prosecutors said. Abidemi Rufai, 45, of Lekki, Nigeria, acknowledged in U.S. District Court in Tacoma that he used stolen identities to receive more than $350,000 in pandemic-related unemployment benefits…