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Two British-Nigerian men sentenced over multimillion-dollar business email scam

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Feed Name: The Register (Security)

Date Published: 2024-10-03

Date Updated: 2026-04-26

Author: Connor Jones

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Two British-Nigerian men, Oludayo Kolawole John Adeagbo and Donald Ikenna Echeazu, were sentenced in the U.S. for business email compromise schemes that diverted routine construction payments using lookalike domains and social engineering, stealing about $1.9M from a North Carolina university and over $3M from Texas entities including construction firms and local governments; Adeagbo received seven years in prison plus supervised release and restitution, while Echeazu received 18 months and restitution, with DOJ/FBI emphasizing international cooperation against BEC.

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