United States court has sentenced Samuel Abiodun, a 25-year-old Nigerian national, to five years in prison for his involvement in a s3xtortion scheme that resulted in the death of a teenager.
Gatekeepers News reports that the sentencing took place on July 10, as confirmed by David Metcalf, the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Abiodun, along with an accomplice named Afeez Adewale, was arrested in Nigeria and extradited to the U.S. in July 2024. Both individuals were formally charged in a court in August 2024.
According to Metcalf, Abiodun acted as a financial intermediary in a network that exploited and extorted vulnerable young individuals online, leading to tragic outcomes.
“As the financial middleman, Abiodun played a key role in this s3xtortion scheme, which thoroughly traumatised the victim and then devastated his family,” the attorney 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 conspiracy to commit money laundering and wire fraud.
On Tuesday, Joel Slomsky, US district judge, sentenced Abiodun to five years in prison.
“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 to cyberstalking, interstate threat to injure reputation, receiving proceeds of extortion, money laundering conspiracy, and wire fraud in May 2025. He is, however, awaiting his sentencing scheduled for August 11.
Metcalf added that a third accomplice, Adewale, who is yet to be extradited from Nigeria, has also been charged in absentia.
“Adewale has been charged with money laundering conspiracy and wire fraud. He remains in Nigeria, pending extradition to the US,” 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.”
The US attorney acknowledged the role of the Nigerian government and relevant agencies in the extradition of Abiodun and Aina.
“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,” Metcalf said.
