Sextortion Case Draws 17-Year Sentences for Nigerian Brothers
- The men targeted a Michigan teenager who committed suicide
- They used social media to persuade him to send nude photos
Two brothers from Nigeria accused of blackmailing a Michigan homecoming king — and ultimately goading him to suicide — were sentenced on Thursday in federal court to more than 17 years in prison.
In March 2022, Samuel and Samson Ogoshi, 24 and 21, used social media to coerce Jordan DeMay, a high school student from Marquette, into sending nude photos of himself and then blackmailed him with the images. From Lagos, the brothers used a hacked Instagram account to pose as an American teenage girl and persuade DeMay to send the explicit content to them. DeMay, 17, killed himself fewer than five hours later.