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Nigerian Arrested In US Over $10m COVID Aid Fraud
Information reaching the OsunReporters News has it that, a Nigerian, Yomi Olayeye, has been arrested for his alleged role in a $10 million Covid-19 unemployment assistance fraud scheme in the United States and charged with conspiracy, wire fraud, and identity theft.
,,,,,,,,The US Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts under the Department of Justice said Olayeye was apprehended on August 13 upon arriving at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York.
The office in a statement posted on its website on Monday said Olayeye and others “conspired to fraudulently obtain at
…least $10 million in COVID-19 unemployment benefits.”
“Yomi Jones Olayeye, a/k/a “Sabbie,” 40, of Lagos, Nigeria, is charged with one count of wire fraud conspiracy, one count of,,,,,,wire fraud, and one count of aggravated identity theft.
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