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Nigerian IT Worker Charged in Multistate Unemployment Fraud

June 25, 2021

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(AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

FILE - This July 25, 2018 file photo shows a help wanted sign at a new Zaxby s restaurant in Madison, Miss. On Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021, the number of Americans seeking unemployment aid fell slightly to 787,000, evidence of a job market stumbling in the face of the viral pandemic and the damage it has inflicted on the economy for nearly 10 months.

SEATTLE — A Nigerian information technology worker has been indicted on federal wire fraud and identity theft charges after authorities said he and his co-conspirators filed false claims for pandemic-related unemployment benefits in 17 states.

According to an indictment unsealed Thursday in Seattle, Chukwuemeka Onyegbula was linked to at least 253 fraudulent filings for unemployment benefits.

The states paid out nearly $290,000.

Onyegbula has been detained in Nigeria, but prospects for his extradition to the U.S. were unclear.

Court documents did not list an attorney who might comment on his behalf.

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