Nigeria, May 24 -- The United States Department of Justice has written to the United States Magistrate Judge in Eastern District of New York, Ramon Reyes, claiming that the surety provided by Dapo Abiodun's aide is a suspected fraudster.

The Acting U.S. Attorney, Tessa Gorma, in a letter obtained exclusively by PREMIUM TIMES on Sunday, said the "surety is suspect in an investigation into an email impersonation scheme."

This newspaper reported how Mr Rufai was arrested while trying to get out of the U.S. on May 14.

He was accused of allegedly using the identities of more than 100 Washington residents to steal more than $350,000 in unemployment benefits from the Washington State Employment Security Department (ESD) during the COVID-19 pa...