Why Abidemi Rufai Should Not Be Granted Bail – U S Government
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FROM HUSHPUPPI TO ABIDEMI RUFAI SANDY TANG
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Youths are daily being socialised to corruption and fraud by those holding public offices; they see how the systems provide soft landing for the fraudulent persons (public or private)
By Oludayo Tade
Twelve months ago, Ramoni Abbas (37 years) popular known as ‘Hushpuppi’ was arrested in Dubai for alleged money laundering from business email compromise fraud and other scams which targeted firms, and an English premier league. He made a total sum of $435million after defrauding 1,926,400 victims. A year after, Abidemi Rufai (also known as ‘Sandy Tang’), a Senior Special Assistant on Special Duties to Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, was also arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, at John F Kennedy Airport, New York over criminal complaint of defrauding Washington State Employment Security Department of $350,000 (N144,375,000).
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The family of Abidemi Rufai, an aide to Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State, has begun a process of getting him a surety.
Mr Rufai is currently enmeshed in a $350,000 COVID-19 unemployment fraud in the United States.
He was arraigned on Wednesday before Magistrate Ramon Reyes.
He was ordered to
remain in detention after his brother, Alaba Rufai, who is listed in court records was unable to afford the $300,000 surety bond for his bail.
The suspect’s lawyer, Michael Barrows of Garden City, New York was earlier reported to have said he would “seek alternative surety” and re-apply for Mr Rufai’s bail.