A Nigerian man has been extradited to the U.S. and charged with causing the death of a South Carolina teenager who took his own life after the suspect posed as a woman and tried to extort the teen after he sent nude photos. The teenager was the son of South Carolina Rep. Brandon Guffey, who has been a vocal critic of how social media companies fail to protect minors from sexual exploitation and attacks online.
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“I can’t save Gavin. But I can hope to save other kids and not let that light be extinguished,” Guffey said at a news conference after Lawal's initial court appearance.with child exploitation resulting in death. He faces 30 years to life in prison if convicted. Nigeria would only extradite Lawal if the U.S. didn't seek the death penalty.
The teen told the scammer he could get $25 more in a few days, according to the court documents. Prosecutors said that as the threats to ruin his life continued, the teen said he'd rather die than deal with the extortion and that he had a gun in his lap. The threats didn't stop, an FBI agent said in a sworn statement.
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