Alleged $350,000 Fraud: Why Abidemi Rufai won't be released on bail - U.S. court

Mr Rufai is facing $350,000 fraud charges in the United States.

On Friday, U.S. District judge, Benjamin Settle of Tacoma, agreed with federal prosecutors that Mr Rufai represented a flight risk, hence he will remain in jail until his trial. Mr Settle said the “defendant poses a serious risk of non-appearance. No condition or combination of conditions can reasonably assure the defendant’s appearance as required,”The judge further ordered that Mr Rufai, who is in detention in New York, be transported by federal marshals to Washington for trial, which is set for August 31.The decision of the court comes after Acting U.S. Attorney, Tessa Gorma, accused Mr Rufai of participating in fraudulent surety scheme.

Mr Rufai was said to have presented a person he barely knew to the court as his friend in his desperate bid to get a surety for the bail earlier granted him by a U.S. magistrate’s court. The government said it got a transcript of a recorded call between Mr Rufai and his brother, discussing the surety matter on May 25, four days after a hearing on his detention.

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