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Teens are being coerced into sending naked photos or videos of themselves and then are pressured to send money or be ruined. The consequences can often be deadly.
Five people in the United States have been charged with laundering money for the Nigerian sextortion scheme that led to the suicide death of Michigan teenager Jordan DeMay.
Two Nigerian men have pleaded guilty to one charge after officials said they threatened to release a nude photo of a 17-year-old Michigan boy, causing him to die by suicide inside his home.
Two Nigerian men appeared in court this week on charges that they threatened to release a nude photo of a 17-year-old Michigan boy, causing him to die by suicide inside his home.
Federal officials provided an update on the international sextortion ring that targeted a Michigan teenager who died by suicide.
Federal officials are expected to provide an update on the international “sextortion” ring that targeted a Michigan teenager who died by suicide.
Federal officials are expected to provide an update on the international “sextortion” ring that targeted a Michigan teenager who died by suicide.
Local 4 sat down with the parents of a Michigan teenager who died by suicide while being blackmailed with a nude photograph on Instagram.
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Jordan DeMay, 17, was a student at Marquette Senior High School in March 2022 when three men from Lagos, Nigeria, convinced him to send a nude photograph of himself on Instagram.
"These three guys from the the other side of the planet came into my home while we were sleeping and murdered my son.” -- Jordan DeMay's parents spoke with us about the sextortion scheme that led to their son's death by suicide.
Three Nigerian men have been charged in the death of a 17-year-old boy from Michigan who died by suicide because he was blackmailed with a naked picture.
