A Nigerian man living in the United Kingdom, Farouk Adekunle Adepoju, has been arrested for allegedly hacking into a U.S. university’s contractor system and stealing more than $235,000.
U.K. authorities arrested Adepoju on September 15, 2025, after a request from the United States. He now faces extradition to Pennsylvania, where he has been indicted on seven charges of wire fraud and computer fraud.
According to U.S. prosecutors, Adepoju hacked into a construction company’s computer between March and April 2023. The company was working for a university in Western Pennsylvania. He allegedly altered email settings, created a fake email account, and tricked the university into transferring $235,266.80 into a fraudulent bank account. The stolen money has not been recovered.
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“Adepoju is charged with using sophisticated cyber means to illegally access accounts belonging to a business in order to victimize one of our region’s universities. Even from halfway across the world, however, Adepoju was not beyond the investigative reach of the Federal Bureau of Investigation,” said Acting United States Attorney Troy Rivetti in a press statement.
FBI Pittsburgh Special Agent in Charge Kevin Rojek also warned cybercriminals that the agency would pursue them anywhere.
“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 know one thing: the FBI and our partners are not going to let you get away with it,” he said.
Adepoju faces up to 20 years in prison for each of the six wire fraud charges and five years for the computer fraud charge.