Source: newsthemegh.com
Olusegun Samson Adejorin, a Nigerian national, is being prosecuted on federal offenses in the US for allegedly committing a US$7.5 million corporate email breach scam that targeted two nonprofit organizations.
On December 29, 2023, Adejorin was taken into custody in Ghana and is currently awaiting his first court appearance there.
Adejorin operated between June and August 2020, according to an eight-count indictment that was unsealed in Maryland.
Allegedly, he was able to access the email accounts of staff members at the two charities—one located in Maryland and the other in New York.
Adejorin allegedly conned the institutions into moving more than US$7.5 million from the New York charity’s investment funds that were held by the Maryland organization by pretending to be authorized officials.
An intricate plan is described in the indictment. Adejorin is accused of using a credential harvesting tool to obtain login credentials, fabricating domain names to conceal his activities, and even manipulating email accounts.
Adejorin may get a mandatory two-year term for aggravating identity theft, a maximum penalty of 20 years for each count of wire fraud, and an extra five years for unauthorised computer access if found guilty.
Misuse of a domain name could result in an even higher possible punishment.
The FBI was instrumental in the capture and prosecution of Adejorin, working with foreign partners in Ghana.
The Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) of the Republic of Ghana, the Office of Attorney General and Ministry of Justice, the Ghana Immigration Service, and the FBI Legal Attaché in Accra, Ghana, were all thanked by United States Attorney Erek L. Barron for their invaluable assistance in this case.
The FBI, Baltimore Field Office, was commended for its work in the investigation.