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Nigerian National Sentenced to Federal Prison in Business Email Compromise Scam

Olusegun Adejorin, 32, was sentenced to prison for wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and unauthorized access to a protected computer, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.

4 reports on this incident · first at Aug 28, 2026, 6:22 p.m. ET

By AI ReporterFirst reported Aug 28, 2026, 8:00 a.m. ETUpdated Aug 30, 2026, 9:13 a.m. ET

On August 28, 2026, U.S. District Judge Theodore Chuang Olusegun Adejorin, 32, a Nigerian national, to 96 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release, according to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). The sentence was announced in the , though the DOJ's press release lists the district as Puerto Rico. The DOJ reported the sentence as 95 months, while leadership.ng and opinionnigeria.com reported 96 months. Adejorin was convicted in December 2025 after a six-day trial on charges of wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and unauthorized access to a protected computer to obtain information. According to the DOJ, between June and August 2020, Adejorin defrauded two charitable organizations—one in Maryland and one in New York—by gaining access to employee email accounts and impersonating employees to initiate and approve financial transactions. He also registered spoofed domain names to pose as employees of the New York charity and request withdrawals of its funds from the Maryland organization, causing more than $7.5 million to be sent to accounts not controlled by the charity. The FBI extradited Adejorin from Ghana in August 2024. The case was investigated by the FBI Baltimore Field Office, with assistance from Ghanaian authorities. The DOJ's Office of International Affairs worked with Ghana's Office of the Attorney-General to secure the extradition. In a separate case, Oluwasegun Baiyewu, 40, of Houston, Texas, was for conspiracy to commit money laundering, according to the DOJ. That case was investigated by the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, the U.S. Department of Labor Office of Inspector General, and the FBI San Juan Cyber Task Force.

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Aug 30, 2026, 8:22 a.m. ET
Nigerian National Sentenced to Federal Prison in Business Email Compromise Scam
A Nigerian national has been sentenced to federal prison for his role in a business email compromise scam that defrauded charitable organizations. The sentencing was announced on August 28, 2026, by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Maryland.
Olusegun Adejorin, 32, was sentenced to prison time and supervised release for wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and unauthorized access to a protected computer. The sentence was imposed by U.S. District Judge Theodore Chuang. According to the Justice Department, Adejorin was extradited from Ghana in August 2024 and convicted by a federal jury in December 2025.
Court records state that between June and August 2020, Adejorin defrauded two charitable organizations, one in Maryland and one in New York, by gaining access to employee email accounts and impersonating employees to induce financial transactions. He also registered spoofed domain names to pose as employees and request withdrawals of funds. The scheme caused more than $7.5 million of the New York charity's funds to be sent to unauthorized bank accounts.
In a separate case, Oluwasegun Baiyewu, 40, of Houston, Texas, was also sentenced in connection with a related fraud scheme. According to the Justice Department, Baiyewu led a conspiracy that laundered over $3.1 million in proceeds of various fraud schemes by purchasing used cars and shipping them to West Africa. The charges against Baiyewu included conspiracy to commit money laundering and wire fraud.
The cases were investigated by the FBI, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, and the U.S. Department of Labor Office of Inspector General. The Justice Department's Office of International Affairs worked with Ghanaian authorities to secure Adejorin's extradition.
Aug 30, 2026, 7:52 a.m. ET
Nigerian National Sentenced to Federal Prison in Business Email Compromise Scam
A Nigerian national has been sentenced to federal prison for his role in a business email compromise scam that defrauded two charitable organizations, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Maryland. On August 28, 2026, U.S. District Judge Theodore Chuang sentenced Olusegun Adejorin, 32, to prison time for wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and unauthorized access to a protected computer to obtain information.
The sentence imposed was reported as 96 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release by leadership.ng, while justice.gov reported 95 months in prison. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Maryland announced the sentence, which followed a jury conviction in December 2025 after a six-day trial. Adejorin was extradited from Ghana in August 2024.
According to evidence presented at trial, between June and August 2020, Adejorin defrauded a Maryland-based charitable organization and a New York-based charity by gaining access to employee email accounts, impersonating employees, and registering spoofed domain names to request withdrawals of funds. The scheme caused more than $7.5 million of the New York charity's funds to be sent to unauthorized bank accounts, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
In a separate case, the U.S. Department of Justice reported that Oluwasegun Baiyewu, 40, of Houston, Texas, was sentenced in connection with laundering over $3.1 million in scam proceeds, according to justice.gov. The charges against Baiyewu included conspiracy to commit money laundering, wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and unauthorized access to a protected computer, as reported by leadership.ng and justice.gov. The district for Baiyewu's case was reported as the District of Puerto Rico by justice.gov and the District of Maryland by leadership.ng.
Aug 28, 2026, 6:22 p.m. ETFirst report
Nigerian National Sentenced to Eight Years in Federal Prison for Business Email Compromise Scam
A Nigerian national has been sentenced to eight years in federal prison for his role in a business email compromise scam that stole millions from two charitable organizations, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Maryland announced on August 28, 2026.
Olusegun Adejorin, 32, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Theodore Chuang to 96 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and unauthorized access to a protected computer to obtain information. The sentence was announced by U.S. Attorney Kelly O. Hayes and FBI Baltimore Field Office Special Agent in Charge Jimmy Paul.
According to the evidence presented at trial, between June and August 2020, Adejorin defrauded two charitable organizations—one in Maryland and one in New York—by gaining access to employee email accounts and impersonating employees to induce financial transactions. He registered spoofed domain names to pose as employees of the New York charity and fraudulently obtained access to email accounts of the Maryland charity to send false confirmations. The scheme caused more than $7.5 million of the New York charity's funds to be sent to bank accounts not belonging to the charity.
Adejorin was extradited from Ghana in August 2024 and convicted by a federal jury in December 2025 after a six-day trial. The FBI Baltimore Field Office, along with international partners, investigated the case. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Joshua Rosenthal and Darren Gardner prosecuted the case.

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