A grand jury alleges the men engaged in the attempted extortion of more than 100 people.
/Gray News) - Two Nigerian men were extradited to the U.S. Sunday after they were indicted for allegedly sexually extorting teenage boys and young men across the United States and Nigeria.
Samuel Ogoshi was also charged with causing the death of 17-year-old Jordan DeMay of Marquette, Michigan, who was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in March 2022. Totten continued, “I am extremely pleased with how swiftly extradition efforts moved forward and am grateful to the FBI and our Nigerian law enforcement partners for their unyielding work to secure justice in this international sexual exploitation investigation.”
The grand jury alleges that the defendants bought hacked social media accounts and used the accounts to pose as young women to lure teenage and young adult males into sexual chats.
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