Nigerian man sentenced to 11 years imprisonment in US for $1.3m COVID-19 fraud
[NigerianEye - Nigeria] - 25/07/2025
A Nigerian man, Abiola Quadri, has been sentenced to over 11 years in federal prison in the United States for orchestrating a $1.3 million fraud scheme involving stolen identities to claim COVID-19 pandemic unemployment and disability benefits.According to a statement from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on its Facebook page on Wednesday, July 23, 2025, the 43-year-old permanent resident of Pasadena, California, used the illicit funds to construct a nightclub, shopping mall, and a lavish 120-room resort hotel in Nigeria.“On July 10, 2023, a Nigerian man living in the San (…)
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