The Economic and Financial Crimes, EFCC has facilitated the extradition of Samuel Ogoshi and his brother, Samson to the United States of America to face prosecution for sexually extorting numerous young men and teenage boys in the Western District of Michigan and across the country.
The information contained in a statement by the EFCC explains that the Commission had in May 2023 initiated the extradition proceedings at the Federal High Court Abuja against the Ogoshis alongside one Ezekiel Ejemeh Robert over exploitation of minors and production of pornography following a request by the U.S Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI.
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The Ogoshis and Ezekiel were indicted in a United States Federal Court on December 1, 2022 on charges of exploitation of minors, resulting in death, conspiracy to sexually exploit minors by causing the minors to produce child pornographic images that the defendants use to blackmail them.
They are further charged with conspiracy to distribute child pornography which borders on sending images to minors, their families and friends as well as conspiracy to commit stalking through the Internet. The offences carry a minimum of five years and maximum 20 years imprisonment.
Specifically, Samuel was charged with causing the death of 17-year-old Jordan DeMay of Marquette, Michigan, who died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in March 2022.
According to investigations, the suspects conspired to conduct a sex-based extortion of minors and adults in the United States of America. The trio allegedly hacked some social media accounts, posing to be young attractive women to entice unsuspecting victims to send their sexual explicit photographs. These pictures were then used to blackmail the victims, thereby forcing them into making huge financial payments.
While the Ogoshis were arrested sometime in February 2023 around the Ojo axis of Lagos State, Ezekiel was picked up in Nasarawa State by EFCC operatives.
The extradition of the third defendant, Robert is however still pending.
(Editor: Terverr Tyav)
