A Nigerian man, Olusegun Samson Adejorin, has been indicted on charges of wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and unauthorized access to a protected computer in connection with a $7.5 million scheme. A Nigerian man, Olusegun Samson Adejorin, has been indicted on charges of wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and unauthorized access to a protected computer in connection with a $7.5 million scheme.
Adejorin is accused of defrauding two charitable organizations by impersonating employees and gaining access to their email accounts.
The indictment comprises eight counts, and the case is being pursued by the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland.
“According to the eight-count indictment, between June and August 2020, Adejorin perpetrated a scheme to defraud Victim 1, a charitable organisation located in North Bethesda, Maryland and Victim 2, a charitable organisation located in New York, New York by gaining access to employee email accounts and impersonating employees to induce financial transactions.
“The indictment alleges that Adejorin posed as an employee of Victim 2 to request withdrawals of Victim 2’s funds from Victim 1, a charitable organisation that provided investment services to Victim 2. Withdrawals over $10,000 required approval from at least one of several individuals authorised by Victim 1. According to the indictment, Adejorin fraudulently obtained the credentials of employees at Victim 1 and Victim 2 and posed as those employees to send emails from their accounts, including emails making fraudulent requests for the withdrawal of investment funds.
“As part of the scheme, Adejorin also allegedly purchased a credential harvesting tool designed to steal email login credentials, registered spoofed domain names, and concealed the fraudulent emails from a legitimate employee by causing the fraudulent emails to be moved to an inconspicuous location within Employee 1’s mailbox.”
If found guilty, Adejorin could be sentenced to a maximum of 20 years in prison for each of the five wire fraud counts, a maximum of five years for unauthorized access to a protected computer, and a mandatory two-year sentence for each of the two aggravated identity theft counts, to be served consecutively to any other imposed sentence.
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