The duo, accused of conspiring with many others to defraud the U.S. government by stealing identities to fraudulently claim unemployment benefits, face a total of 18 charges.
Two Nigerians have been arrested in the United States for wire fraud and other offences involving $25,000 in unemployment benefits, PREMIUM TIMES reports.
The alleged fraud was perpetrated from October 2020 to June 29, 2021 when the indictment was filed, the indictment, signed by an unnamed representative of the grand jury and an Assistant U.S. Attorney, Jonathan Harrington, also reads partly. Unknown members of the conspiracy would and did establish several Green Dot bank accounts into which the fraudulently obtained state and federal unemployment benefits would be wired on a periodic basis.
“Additionally, upon conviction of any offences information of Title18, United States Code, Section 1029 outlined in counts 13 through 18 of this Indictment, the defendants, OLUSHOLA ADEWOLE AFOLABI and OLUGBEMINIYI ADERIBIGBE, shall forfeit to the United States any personal property used or intended to be used to commit the offences.A preliminary arraignment of the defendants had held before a magistrate judge, Gray Borden, on July 27.ADVERTISEMENTDefence lawyers were also appointed for them.
In a separate case recently unveiled by the U.S. government, a celebrated Nigerian police officer, Abba Kyari was named as a conspirator in one of the fraudulent schemes allegedly spearheaded by Hushpuppi.
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