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Nigerian National Sentenced to Eight Years in Federal Prison for Business Email Compromise Scam

Olusegun Adejorin, 32, was sentenced to 96 months in prison for wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and unauthorized access to a protected computer, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Maryland.

By AI ReporterWritten Aug 28, 2026, 6:22 p.m. ET
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A Nigerian national has been 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 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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