CHARLOTTE ( QUEEN CITY NEWS ) — A man with dual citizenship in Nigeria and the United Kingdom has been sentenced in connection with a multimillion-dollar business email compromise scheme, according to the U.S. Attorney districts in western North Carolina and southern Texas.
Oludayo Kolawole John Adeagbo, 45, and two others are accused of stealing more than $1.9 million from a North Carolina university and trying to steal more than $3 million from organizations in Texas.
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In August 2022, Adeagbo, who also went by John Edwards and John Dayo, was extradited from the U.K. to the U.S. In April 2024, he pleaded guilty to wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud. On Tuesday, October 1, Adeagbo was sentenced to seven years in prison for both cases.
North Carolina
Adeagbo, and others, including Donald Ikenna Echeazu, also a dual citizen of Nigeria and the U.K., allegedly worked to defraud an N.C. university of more than $1.9 million through “business email compromise” (BEC) between August 2016, and January 2017.