Nigerian Sentenced to Eight Years for Charity Fraud

Olusegun Adejorin, a 32-year-old Nigerian national, has been sentenced to eight years in prison by US District Judge Theodore Chuang for stealing more than $7.5 million from two charitable organizations using a business email compromise scheme. The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland announced the sentencing, which includes three years of supervised release following his 96-month prison term.

Adejorin was extradited from Ghana in August 2024 to face trial, where a federal jury convicted him of wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and unauthorized access to a protected computer in December 2025. Evidence presented at trial revealed that Adejorin defrauded a Maryland-based charity and a New York-based charity by impersonating employees and requesting fraudulent financial transactions.

He registered spoofed domain names to facilitate the fraud, ultimately causing over $7.5 million to be transferred to unauthorized bank accounts. The investigation was supported by the FBI and various Ghanaian agencies.