The prosecutor submitted 97,000-page materials at the U.S. District for the Western District of Washington at Tacoma, on July 26.
The indictment alleges that Abidemi Rufai used the stolen identities of more than 100 Washington residents to file fraudulent claims with the Employment Security Department (ESD) for pandemic-related unemployment benefits.
The indictment alleges that Abidemi Rufai used the stolen identities of more than 100 Washington residents to file fraudulent claims with the Employment Security Department (ESD) for pandemic-related unemployment benefits.
This is a warning to Allen Onyema and Abba Kyari that before arrest warrants were issued against them, the FBI did extensive investigations and believed they had a water tight case before they took the charges to the District Attorney to file an arrest warrant against the duo.
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