A 26-year-old Nigerian man has been extradited to the United States to face charges over his alleged role in a sextortion scheme linked to the death of a young man in Pennsylvania, American authorities said.
In a statement on Wednesday, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania said Afeez Olatunji Adewale was transferred from Nigeria to the U.S. on February 13 to stand trial on charges of wire fraud and money laundering conspiracy.
United States Attorney David Metcalf said Adewale appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Lynne A. Sitarski in federal court in Philadelphia following his arrival.
According to U.S. prosecutors, Adewale was arrested in Nigeria on August 17, 2023, as part of a broader Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) operation targeting individuals accused of sexually extorting minors in the United States.
The extradition was coordinated by the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of International Affairs, the FBI Legal Attaché in Abuja, and Nigerian authorities, including the Attorney General of the Federation, the Federal Ministry of Justice’s International Criminal Justice Cooperation Department, and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
The Allegations
American officials allege that Adewale and his co-defendants were involved in online schemes in which victims, often teenagers, were coerced into sending explicit images and then threatened with public exposure unless they paid money. U.S. law enforcement agencies have in recent years linked such sextortion cases to a rise in suicides among young victims, prompting intensified cross-border investigations.
Adewale is the third Nigerian defendant extradited in connection with the Pennsylvania case.
His co-defendant, Imoleayo Samuel Aina, also known as “Alice Dave,” 27, was extradited to the U.S. in August 2024. Aina later pleaded guilty to cyberstalking, interstate threat to injure reputation, receiving proceeds of extortion, money laundering conspiracy, and wire fraud. In October 2025, U.S. District Judge Joel H. Slomsky sentenced Aina to six years in prison.
Another co-defendant, Samuel Olasunkanmi Abiodun, 26, was likewise extradited in August 2024. Abiodun pleaded guilty to money laundering conspiracy and wire fraud and was sentenced in June 2025 to five years in prison by Judge Slomsky.
The FBI’s Philadelphia Field Office, specifically its Fort Washington Resident Agency, led the investigation alongside the Abington Township Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorney Patrick Brown is prosecuting the case.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office emphasized that the charges against Adewale are allegations, and that he is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in court.
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