A pair of Nigerian brothers pleaded guilty to conspiring to sexually exploit American minors after a 17-year-old Michigan boy committed suicide as a result of their online sextortion scheme.
Samuel Ogoshi, 22, and Samson Ogoshi, 20, were both extradited from Lagos to the U.S. in August 2023 after being connected to the death of Jordan DeMay, who shot himself in March 2022 after being tricked into sending explicit photos of himself, NBC News reported.
Using a catfish Instagram account by the name of “@dani.robertts,” officials said the brothers, along with a third suspect, pretended to be a girl who seemed interested in DeMay until he sent the pictures.
The Nigerian scammers then demanded $1,000 with the threat of releasing the images.
Yesterday a judge pronounced two Nigerian nationals guilty in a sextortion conspiracy that resulted in the death of 17-year-old Jordan…
