One of the Senior Special Assistants (SSAs) to Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State, Abidemi Rufai, suspected in Washington state’s $650 million unemployment fraud was arrested last week Friday, at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport by federal agents as he allegedly attempted to leave the country.
Afrosky Learnt that Abidemi Rufai appeared in Federal Court on Saturday on charges that he used the identities of more than 100 Washington residents to steal more than $350,000 unemployment benefits from the Washington State Employment Security Department during Covid-19 pandemic last year.
