August 30, 2026
A Nigerian national has been sentenced to eight years in a United States federal prison for carrying out a business email compromise scam that defrauded two charitable organisations of more than $7.5 million.
U.S. District Judge Theodore Chuang sentenced 32-year-old Olusegun Adejorin to 96 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, after he was convicted of wire fraud, aggravated identity theft and unauthorised access to a protected computer to obtain information.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) extradited Adejorin from Ghana to the United States in August 2024 to face trial.
Following a six-day trial in December 2025, a federal jury found him guilty on all charges.
