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

Two British-Nigerian men were sentenced for serious business email compromise schemes in the US this week, netting them millions of dollars from local government entities, construction companies, and colleges. Oludayo Kolawole John Adeagbo, 45, was sentenced to seven years in prison for fraud campaigns affecting organizations …

[J.G.Harston]

What's their ancestry got to do with anything? "Two Nigerian men".

[MrBanana]

CALL 419 NOW!

YOU SEND $10,000 I WILL GIVE ANSWER!

[A. Coatsworth]

Re: CALL 419 NOW!

As long as you DON'T REDEEM

oops, sorry. Wrong scam!

[I am David Jones]

Geopolitical context, my dear fellow.

[gnasher729]

Why should it be hidden? If it was two men from Michigan, it would say “two Michigan men”.

[Doctor Syntax]

Or Florida...

[O'Reg Inalsin]

What's their nationality got to do with anything? "Two British men". I have to say I am a little confused here. In US phrasing "X-American", "X" generally refers to a person's origin/ancestry/race, while American refers to current nationality. So "two British-Nigerian men" would typically refer to two born and bred out of work British shipbuilders, Eugenius Birch and William Shakespeare, who left Clydebank and emigrated to Lagos, attracted by the economic opportunity of its burgeoning IT industry.

[I am David Jones]

I don’t think we Brits do that.

For me a British-Nigerian man just has two nationalities and no information about his familial roots is given.

For what you are describing I would say a British man of Nigerian origin or with a Nigerian background.

[IGotOut]

Took me 10 seconds to find out for you....

" a Nigerian citizen and UK resident, and Donald Ikenna Echeazu aka Donald Smith and Donald Dodient, 40, a dual UK and Nigerian citizen,"

So anything else you want to be offended by?

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/three-nigerian-nationals-extradited-united-states-united-kingdom-participating-business-email

[The Man Who Fell To Earth]

Where's the money?

They stole in total $4.9M. Yet Echeazu is fined only $655k & got only 18 months. Adeagbo got 7 years, but fined only $943k.

So in the end, they netted $3.3M. Can't speak for Adeagbo, but Echeazu did pretty well in the end.

[david 12]

Re: Where's the money?

Presumably, 3.3M went to the "unnamed accomplices" mentioned in the story. I don't imagine money laundering comes free either.

[Anonymous Coward]

American's complaining about spam!

Ha ha Ha

(Pot meet kettle)

[hi_robb]

It's

The lags from Lagos...