Samuel Ogoshi, 24, and Samson Ogoshi, 21, from Lagos, Nigeria, have been sentenced to 17 years and six months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, by a US court.
The brothers were extradited to the United States to face charges of conspiring to sexually exploit multiple minors, a case linked to the tragic death of a 17-year-old high school student in Michigan.
The US Justice Department announced the sentencing on its Facebook page, highlighting that the Ogoshis had exploited and extorted over 100 victims, including at least eleven minors. Attorney General Merrick B. Garland emphasized the severity of their crimes in the announcement.
“To criminals who commit these schemes: you are not immune from justice. We will track you down and hold you accountable, even if we have to go halfway around the world to do so,” US lawyer Mark Totten emphasized,
The Ogoshi brothers were charged in November 2022 alongside Ezekiel Robert, also a Nigerian national, in connection with the sextortion scheme that led to 17-year-old Jordan DeMay’s death.
The Ogoshi brothers were extradited to the US in August 2023 and pled guilty in April.
The third Nigerian Robert’s extradition is pending following an appeal in his home country.
On August 2, Totten announced a separate federal charge for five US-based defendants with money laundering related to the sextortion scheme.