Brits ‘fleeced American universities out of millions of dollars’

Two fraudsters conned American universities out of millions of dollars and laundered the money around the world, a court heard. Oludayo Adeagbo, 41, is facing extradition to the United States for allegedly defrauding three colleges out of nearly $5million (£4m) between 2016 and 2018. Donald Echeazu, 38, is also facing extradition for his part in swindling North Carolina’s Appalachian State University out of $1.9 million (£1.5m) in 2016. They applied for bail in separate hearings at Westminster Magistrates’ Court. Prosecutors…