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$7.5M Heist: Hacker Hijacked Charity Emails To Pull Off Elaborate Maryland Scam, Feds Say
He didn't need a gun to pull off a multimillion-dollar heist.
A Nigerian national who infiltrated employee email accounts and helped redirect more than $7.5 million from two charities, including one in Maryland, will spend eight years in federal prison for the elaborate cyber scheme.
Olusegun Samson Adejorin, 32, was sentenced on Friday, Aug. 28, to 96 months behind bars, followed by three years of supervised release, after a federal jury found him guilty of a wide-ranging scam following a six-day trial, according to the US Attorney's Office for the District of Maryland.
The scheme ra…
Firefighters Extinguish Maryland Electrical Fire, Return Hours Later To Raging Blaze
They thought they had put the fire out.
Hours later, a Maryland home was engulfed in flames.
The strange sequence began shortly after 9 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 28, when a resident on Walnut Lane in Elkton reported smoke inside the attic, according to the Maryland State Fire Marshal.
Firefighters arrived at approximately 9:08 p.m. and found a small, smoldering fire involving the home's electrical system.
Crews quickly extinguished it, secured power to the three-story home, and eventually cleared the scene.
Then, less than eight hours later, came another 911 call.
At 4:55 a.m. on Saturday, A…
