Nigerian faces 20 years’ imprisonment for $7m scam

A Nigerian man, Olusegun Adejorin, has been convicted by a federal jury for defrauding two charitable organisations located in Maryland and New York in the United States.

The Nigerian, after a six-day trial, was convicted of wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and unauthorised access to a protected computer to obtain information.

Diaspora Tales gathered that the 32-year-old was previously extradited from Ghana to the US following the fraud he committed between June and August 2020.

This was disclosed in a press statement by the US Department of Justice of the Maryland District on Thursday.

Adejorin was found guilty of gaining access to employee email accounts and impersonating employees to induce financial transactions.

The statement read, “Adejorin faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in federal prison for each of the five counts of wire fraud, a maximum of five years for unauthorised access to a protected computer, and a mandatory two years, consecutive to any other sentence imposed, for aggravated identity theft.”(punch)