3 Nigerians extradited to the U.S over a multimillion-dollar fraud

Three Nigerians have been extradited from the UK to the United States in relation to their alleged participation in multimillion-dollar cyber-enabled business email compromise fraud schemes.

Oludayo Kolawole John Adeagbo, 43, and Donald Ikenna Echeazu, 40, are charged with wire fraud conspiracy, money laundering conspiracy and aggravated identity theft for defrauding a North Carolina university of more than $1.9 million via a business email compromise scheme.

From Aug. 30, 2016, to Jan. 12, 2017, Adeagbo and Echeazu conspired with other individuals to obtain information about significant construction projects occurring throughout the United States, including an ongoing multi-million-dollar project at the victim University.