Two Nigerian brothers agreed on Wednesday to a plea deal over their involvement in an international sextortion scam that led to one teen’s suicide.
17-year-old Jordan DeMay of Michigan was tricked into sending nude photos of himself over Instagram to the scammers who had posed as a teenage girl. The scammers threatened to send the nude photographs to all of his followers, including friends and family, unless he paid their extortion demand.
In one of their reported interactions, the Nigerians encouraged DeMay to kill himself after he couldn’t come up with the $1,000 they were demanding.
“I’m going to kill myself right now,” the teenager told the scammers.”Good,” they responded. “Do it fast.”DeMay committed suicide in 2022 under the pressure of the threats.U.S. officials worked to identify the scammers in Lagos, Nigeria, and were able to extradite two suspects, 22-year-old Samuel Ogoshi and 20-year-old Samson Ogoshi to the U.S. in August. Initially, […]
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