Nigerian jailed eight years in US for stealing $7.5m from charities
A Nigerian national has been sentenced to eight years in a US prison for stealing over $7.5 million from two charitable organizations through a business em Read More: https://punchng.com/nigerian-jailed-eight-years-in-us-for-stealing-7-5m-from-charities/
Nigerian national Olusegun Adejorin has been sentenced to eight years in prison in the United States for stealing over $7.5m from two charitable organisations through a business email compromise scheme. Adejorin, 32, was extradited from Ghana to the US in August 2024 to stand trial, following his conviction by a federal jury in December 2025.
US District Judge Theodore Chuang sentenced him to 96 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and unauthorised access to a protected computer.
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