Nigerian convicted of wire fraud and aggravated identity theft in US

Saturday, December 20, 2025 - A federal jury has convicted a 32-year-old Nigerian national, Olusegun Samson Adejorin, of wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and unauthorized access to a protected computer to obtain information in Greenbelt, Maryland, United States. 

Adejorin was convicted on Thursday, December 18, 2025 after a six-day trial. 

According to the press statement issued by the United States Department of Justice, Adejorin, was previously extradited from Ghana in connection with the case.

Kelly O. Hayes, U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland, announced the guilty verdict with Special Agent in Charge Jimmy Paul, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) – Baltimore Field Office.

According to the evidence presented at trial, between June and August 2020, Adejorin perpetrated a scheme to defraud Victim 1, a charitable organization located in Maryland, providing investment services to other organizations. 

Additionally, through the scheme, Adejorin defrauded Victim 2, a charitable organization located in New York, by gaining access to employee email accounts and impersonating employees to induce financial transactions.

Among the acts in furtherance of the fraud scheme, Adejorin registered spoofed domain names, which he used to pose as employees of Victim 2 to request withdrawals of Victim 2’s funds from Victim 1.

Adejorin also fraudulently obtained access to email accounts of Victim 1, which he used to send emails falsely confirming the fraudulent requests made in Victim 2’s name. 

He ultimately caused more than $7.5 million of Victim 2’s funds to be sent, pursuant to the fraudulent withdrawal requests, from Victim 1 to bank accounts that were not Victim 2’s bank accounts.

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 unauthorized access to a protected computer, and a mandatory two years, consecutive to any other sentence imposed, for aggravated identity theft. 

U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang scheduled sentencing for Friday, April 10, 2026.

Actual sentences for federal crimes are typically less than the maximum penalties. A federal district judge determines sentencing after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.

U.S. Attorney Hayes commended the FBI for its work in the investigation.  Ms. Hayes also thanked Assistant U.S. Attorneys Joshua Rosenthal and Darren S. Gardner who are prosecuting the federal case.