GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – A 30-year-old Alabama man faces sentencing today for his role in an international sextortion scheme that led to the death of a Michigan teenager.
Dinsimore Guyton Robinson of Huntsville pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering after admitting he helped Nigerian sextortionists collect and transfer funds from their victims, including 17-year-old Jordan DeMay of Marquette, who died by suicide in March 2022.
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Federal prosecutors say Robinson was part of a five-person U.S.-based money laundering operation that processed payments from sextortion victims and converted them to cryptocurrency before sending the funds to Nigeria.
Money Trail Links to Teen’s Death
Court documents reveal Robinson and his co-conspirators kept approximately 20 percent of victims’ payments while converting the remainder to bitcoin for transfer to Nigerian operatives. In DeMay’s case, the teenager sent $300 before taking his own life.
The case highlights the devastating impact of sextortion, where criminals coerce victims into sending explicit images and then demand payment to prevent their distribution.
International Operation Dismantled
Two Nigerian nationals, Samuel Ogoshi, 22, and Samson Ogoshi, 20, were previously sentenced to 17½ years in prison for their roles as masterminds of the scheme. The brothers were extradited from Lagos to Michigan in August 2023.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Michigan, the operation targeted more than 100 victims. The sextortionists posed as young women on social media, encouraging teenage boys and young men to share explicit photos before demanding money and threatening to release the images to family and friends.
U.S. Money Laundering Network
Federal investigators identified five U.S.-based defendants who allegedly laundered at least $178,658 in sextortion proceeds:
- Johnathan Demetrius Green, 32, Stone Mountain, Ga.
- Jarell Daivon Williams, 31, McDonough, Ga.
- Dinsimore Guyton Robinson, 30, Huntsville, Ala.
- Kendall Ormond London Jr., 32, Lithonia, Ga.
- Brian Keith Coldmon Jr., 30, Stone Mountain, Ga.
All five defendants have pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering charges, which carry a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison.
FBI Special Agent in Charge Cheyvoryea Gibson emphasized the bureau’s commitment to pursuing both domestic and international perpetrators of sextortion schemes.
“The five defendants who allegedly conspired to aid Nigerian sextortionists through money laundering participated in the financial manipulation of vulnerable and young victims,” Gibson said.
Protecting Against Sextortion
The FBI urges people to be selective about what they share online and wary of strangers requesting conversations on different platforms. The bureau maintains that nothing truly “disappears” once posted online.
If you believe you or someone you know is the victim of sextortion, do not delete anything on your device before law enforcement can review it. While it may be embarrassing, tell the authorities everything about the encounters you had online.
Call the FBI’s Detroit Field Office at 313-965-2323 or submit a tip online at tips.fbi.gov. You can also file a report with the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center at www.ic3.gov, or the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (1-800-THE-LOST or cybertipline.org).
