Nigerian faces sentencing for unemployment fraud in US

A Nigerian man, Akinpelumi Oyewusi, has pleaded guilty to a $415,874 unemployment insurance fraud scheme in the United States. Oyewusi, a resident of Hyattsville, Maryland, operated the conspiracy between September 2020 and March 2021, targeting state workforce authorities to obtain fraudulent unemployment insurance benefits. The scheme involved using the identities of real people to file false claims, which were then used to obtain funds that were loaded onto debit cards and sent to Maryland and other locations.

Oyewusi personally obtained at least $25,000 from the operation and was directly linked to at least $415,874.63 in losses. He was scheduled for sentencing on December 3 at 2 pm.

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