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A 60-year-old Nigerian man, Akinpelumi Oyewusi, has pleaded guilty to an unemployment insurance fraud scheme estimated at $415,874.
According to a statement by the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland seen by Diaspora Tales on Thursday, Oyewusi, who is a resident of Hyattsville, Maryland, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and aggravated identity theft.
The statement quoted the prosecution as saying that Oyewusi and his co-conspirators operated the scheme between September 2020 and March 2021, targeting state workforce authorities, including the Maryland Department of Labour, to obtain fraudulent unemployment insurance benefits.
According to court documents, the conspirators allegedly used the identities of real people, including their names and Social Security numbers, to file false unemployment claims with state authorities in Maryland and California. Related News Nigerian pleads guilty to $415,874 US unemployment insurance fraud Tinubu vs EFCC, Trump vs US Attorney Money laundering: US-based Nigerian jailed seven years
