A U.S. court has sentenced 25-year-old Nigerian national, Samuel Abiodun, to five years in prison for his involvement in a sextortion scheme that tragically resulted in the death of a teenager.
The sentencing was confirmed on Wednesday by David Metcalf, the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, who stated that Abiodun was handed the sentence on July 10.
Abiodun and his alleged accomplice, Afeez Adewale, were arrested in Nigeria and extradited to the United States in July 2024. They were formally charged in August 2024.
According to Metcalf, Abiodun acted as a financial middleman in an international network that preyed on and extorted young victims online with devastating consequences.
“As the financial middleman, Abiodun played a key role in this sextortion scheme, which thoroughly traumatised the victim and then devastated his family,” Metcalf said.
“These scammers’ sole aim is to get money from scared and vulnerable young people, with absolutely no regard for their feelings or the potential fallout.
“In prosecuting this case, we are bringing to justice the men whose actions resulted in truly indelible harm.”
Abiodun pleaded guilty in December 2024 to charges of conspiracy to commit money laundering and wire fraud. U.S. District Judge Joel Slomsky handed down the five-year prison sentence on Tuesday.
“He and co-defendant Imoleayo Samuel Aina, aka ‘Alice Dave’, 27, were arrested on a complaint and warrant in Nigeria, taken into custody by the FBI on July 31, 2024, and extradited to the United States to face charges in this case,” Metcalf added.
“They and another Nigerian co-defendant, Afeez Olatunji Adewale, 25, were then charged by indictment in August 2024.”
Aina pleaded guilty in May 2025 to multiple charges, including cyberstalking, interstate threat to injure reputation, receiving proceeds of extortion, money laundering conspiracy, and wire fraud. He is currently awaiting sentencing, scheduled for August 11.
The third accused, Adewale, remains in Nigeria and has been charged in absentia with money laundering conspiracy and wire fraud. He is yet to be extradited to the United States.
“Adewale has been charged with money laundering conspiracy and wire fraud. He remains in Nigeria, pending extradition to the U.S.,” Metcalf said.
“We also want to send a message to others like them that the Department of Justice’s reach is long, and if they keep extorting innocent Americans, they could find themselves in an American prison.”
Metcalf also expressed appreciation to the Nigerian government and its agencies for facilitating the extradition of the accused persons.
“The support and assistance of Nigerian security authorities were essential to this effort, notably that of Nigeria’s Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, the Federal Ministry of Justice’s International Criminal Justice Cooperation Department, and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,” he said.
