The Nigerian brothers were extradited from Lagos to the United States in August 2023 over their sextortion activities that caused a minor's death.
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The convicts used fake social media profiles to trick their victims to take and share sexually explicit images of themselves. They then blackmailed the victims by threatening to disclose the collages of the images to the families, friends, and classmates of the victims unless the victims agreed to pay money using online cash applications.
“These sentences should serve as a warning that the perpetrators of online sexual exploitation and extortion cannot escape accountability for their heinous crimes by hiding behind their phones and computers. The Justice Department will find them, no matter where they are, and we will bring them to justice in the United States,” Mr Garland said.
The Ogoshi brothers threatened to disclose the collages to the family, friends, and classmates of the victim unless the victim agreed to pay money using online cash applications. Jennifer Buta and John DeMay, the parents of the deceased, also provided emotional statements about the devastation and sad nightmares of their son occasioned by the tragedy.
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