Nigerian pleads guilty to $415,874 US unemployment insurance fraud
A Nigerian national has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and aggravated identity theft in a US unemployment fraud scheme totaling over $41 Read More: https://punchng.com/nigerian-pleads-guilty-to-415874-us-unemployment-insurance-fraud/
Akinpelumi Olawale Oyewusi, a 60-year-old Nigerian national from Hyattsville, Maryland, pleaded guilty in a federal court to charges related to a nationwide unemployment insurance fraud scheme. Oyewusi and his co-conspirators falsely used the identities of real people to obtain unemployment insurance funds from Maryland and other states between September 2020 and March 2021.
Oyewusi personally obtained at least $25,000 through his involvement in the scheme, while the co-conspirators allegedly defrauded individuals, state workforce authorities, and a financial institution in total losses exceeding $415,874.63.
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