SEATTLE (AP) A Nigerian government official arrested in connection with Washington state’s $650 million unemployment fraud will remain in jail until his trial, a federal judge ruled Friday. U.S.
SEATTLE (AP) A Nigerian government official arrested in connection with Washington’s $650 million unemployment fraud will remain in jail until his trial, a federal judge ruled Friday.
The authorities argued that if Rufai escapes to Nigeria, extradition will be extraordinarily difficult or impossible because of his ties to the Nigerian government.