Nigerian Brothers Plead Guilty In Sexual Extortion Ring Linked To Teen's Suicide
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The death of a Michigan teenager sparked an investigation that led authorities to an international ring targeting teen boys and young men.
Two brothers from Nigeria pleaded guilty Wednesday to their roles in an international sex extortion scheme linked to the 2022 suicide of a 17-year-old boy in Michigan.
Samuel and Samson Ogoshi are facing a maximum of 30 years in prison for conspiring to sexually exploit teenage boys in the United States by posing as a young woman online, U.S. Attorney Mark Totten announced.
According to the announcement and the brothers’ plea agreement, one of their victims was Jordan DeMay, a high school student in Marquette Township, Michigan, who died by suicide in 2022 after he was manipulated into sending them sexually explicit images of himself.
DeMay’s death sparked a joint investigation by the FBI and local law enforcement that ultimately led authorities to the Ogoshi brothers, The Associated Press reported last year.
The brothers allegedly worked with a third man, Ezekiel Robert, who is fighting an extradition order in Nigeria, according to the statement from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Michigan.
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