A Nigerian man, Bamidele Muraina, who hacked into tax preparation firms and filed fraudulent unemployment benefit claims in the United States, has been sentenced to federal prison.He committed the offence alongside Gabriel Kalembo, a previously convicted fraudster who laundered the fraudulent assets.
The collaborative efforts of our law enforcement partners were essential to disrupting a sophisticated network of criminals and bringing their leaders to justice.”“The COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating effect on us all. The enterprise created by these serial criminals further victimized our citizenry by robbing them of financial resources that were intended to help them,” said Special Agent in Charge Steven Baisel, U.S. Secret Service Atlanta Field Office.