A 27-year-old Nigerian national, Afeez Adewale, has been sentenced to 60 months in prison in the United States for his role in a money laundering conspiracy and wire fraud scheme linked to a sexual extortion case that resulted in the death of a young man in Pennsylvania.

United States District Judge Joel H. Slomsky handed down the sentence and also ordered Adewale to serve three years of supervised release after completing his prison term.

Adewale was extradited from Nigeria to the United States in February 2026 and pleaded guilty to the charges in April.

Reacting to the sentencing, U.S Attorney David Metcalf said the conviction marked the conclusion of the prosecution of all three defendants involved in the case.

According to U.S authorities, Adewale was arrested in Nigeria on August 17, 2023, during a joint operation with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) targeting suspected online sexual extortionists who preyed on victims in the United States.

His co-defendant, Samuel Olasunkanmi Abiodun, 26, was extradited to the United States in August 2024. After pleading guilty to money laundering conspiracy and wire fraud, he was sentenced in June 2025 to five years in prison.

Another co-defendant, Imoleayo Samuel Aina, 27, also known as “Alice Dave,” pleaded guilty to cyberstalking, interstate threats to injure reputation, receiving proceeds of extortion, money laundering conspiracy and wire fraud. He was sentenced in October 2025 to six years in prison.

The case was investigated by the FBI Philadelphia’s Fort Washington Resident Agency in collaboration with the Abington Township Police Department, while Assistant United States Attorney Patrick Brown prosecuted the case.