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A Nigerian man residing in the United Kingdom, Farouk Adekunle Adepoju, has been arrested following a request from the United States for his extradition on charges of wire fraud and computer fraud, Acting United States Attorney Troy Rivetti announced.
Adepoju was detained by U.K. authorities on 15 September 2025 and is awaiting extradition to face a seven-count indictment in the Western District of Pennsylvania.
As stated in the unsealed indictment, between March and April 2023, Adepoju allegedly infiltrated a computer belonging to a Western Pennsylvania construction company contracted by a university, modified email rules, created a spoofed email account, and deceived the university into transferring approximately $235,266.80 into a fraudulent bank account. The money has not been recovered.
“Adepoju is charged with using sophisticated cyber means to illegally access accounts belonging to a business to victimise one of our region’s universities,” said Acting United States Attorney Rivetti in a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
“Even from halfway across the world, however, Adepoju was not beyond the investigative reach of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.”
FBI Pittsburgh Special Agent in Charge Kevin Rojek further stated, “Criminals who think they can reach across the globe into the United States to line their pockets at the expense of the American public need to know one thing: the FBI and our partners are not going to let you get away with it.”
Adepoju is facing six counts of wire fraud and one count of computer fraud, which carry maximum prison terms of 20 years and five years, respectively.
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