Hassanbunhussein Abolore Lawal, 24, from Nigeria's Osun state, was extradited to the US to face charges of child exploitation resulting in death and the production and distribution of child sexual abuse material. The charges stem from an alleged sextortion scheme where Lawal is accused of posing as a young woman on social media to coerce a 17-year-old, Gavin Guffey, into sending compromising photos. Lawal then allegedly extorted Guffey and threatened to leak the photos, leading to the teen's suicide.
A Nigeria n man has been extradited to the US to face prosecution over alleged sextortion of a minor, which led to the victim's death.
He entered a not guilty plea to charges including child exploitation resulting in death and the production and distribution of child sexual abuse material. He then extorted and sent harassing messages to the victim threatening to leak the photos and ruin his reputation unless he sent him money. Mr Lawal was said to have later done the same thing to members of the victim's family.
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