ICYMI **Two Nigerian brothers were sentenced to 17 1/2 years in U.S. federal prison for running an international sextortion ring that targeted over 100 young men, including a Michigan teenager who tragically died by suicide.**
Samuel Ogoshi, 24, and Samson Ogoshi, 21, pleaded guilty after being extradited to the U.S. for sexually exploiting victims by posing as young women on social media. Among their victims was 17-year-old Jordan DeMay, who took his own life after being blackmailed.
Prosecutors revealed that the brothers operated from Nigeria, using hacked social media accounts to lure victims, soliciting compromising images, and threatening to share them unless the victims paid. Their scheme, which included both minors and adults, is part of a growing global trend of financial sextortion.
U.S. Attorney Mark Totten emphasized that criminals engaged in such schemes would face justice regardless of location and warned the public to exercise online caution.
The case highlights the increasing dangers of sextortion, especially for teenage boys, with reports of thousands of cases and numerous suicides linked to these schemes across the U.S.