A 26-year-old Nigerian, Afeez Olatunji Adewale, has been extradited to the United States to face charges over his alleged role in a sextortion scheme that resulted in the death of an American citizen.
Adewale is the third suspect to be transferred to the U.S. in connection with the case involving a network of Nigeria-based fraudsters accused of targeting and extorting victims online.
The U.S. Department of Justice disclosed on Wednesday that Adewale appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Lynne A. Sitarski at a federal magistrate court in Philadelphia.
He is facing charges of wire fraud and money laundering conspiracy.
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According to U.S. authorities, Adewale was arrested in Nigeria on August 17, 2023, and was extradited to the United States on Friday to answer to the charges.
His co-defendants — Imoleayo Samuel Aina, also known as Alice Dave, and Samuel Olasunkanmi Abiodun — were extradited in August 2024 and later convicted.
Both men were tried before U.S. District Judge Joel H. Slomsky.
Abiodun was sentenced in June 2025 to five years’ imprisonment for money laundering conspiracy and wire fraud, while Aina received a six-year sentence in October 2025 for cyberstalking, interstate threat to injure reputation, receiving proceeds of extortion, money laundering conspiracy, and wire fraud.
U.S. prosecutors allege that the sextortion ring preyed on victims online, coercing them into sending money under threats of exposing sensitive materials — a scheme that ultimately ended in tragedy for one American victim.
