Olusegun Samson Adejorin, Wire Fraud, Maryland 2020

State: Maryland
Category: Fraud &#038; Financial Crimes
Source: <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-md/pr/nigerian-national-convicted-federal-jury-wire-fraud-aggravated-identity-theft-and" style="color:#cc0000;" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">DOJ Press Release ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Â Ã¢â‚¬â€

Greenbelt, Maryland – A federal jury has convicted Olusegun Samson Adejorin, 32, a Nigerian national, of wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and unauthorized access to a protected computer to obtain information.

According to the evidence presented at trial, between June and August 2020, Adejorin perpetrated a scheme to defraud two charitable organizations, one located in Maryland and the other in New York, by gaining access to employee email accounts and impersonating employees to induce financial transactions.

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. He 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.

Ultimately, Adejorin 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.

U.S. Attorney Kelly O. Hayes commended the FBI for its work in the investigation, and thanked Assistant U.S. Attorneys Joshua Rosenthal and Darren S. Gardner for prosecuting the federal case.

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