Samson and Samuel Ogoshi
Two brothers from Nigeria who targeted a 17-year-old in a sextortion scam have been sentenced to 17 years and six months in jail in the US.
The Ogoshi brothers, aged 24 and 21, from Lagos, lured Jordan DeMay into sending them explicit images by pretending to be a girl his age - then blackmailed him for hundreds of dollars, threatening to share the pictures online with his friends if he did not comply.
Jordan sent as much money as he could and warned the scammers that he would kill himself if they spread the images.
He did so less than six hours after they started talking on Instagram.
This is the first successful prosecution of Nigerians for sextortion in the US, where it is a rapidly growing cyber-crime, often linked to Nigeria.
The brothers pleaded guilty in April to conspiring to sexually exploit teenage boys in Michigan and across the US.
Thirty-eight other US victims were also identified as being targeted by the men.
Thirteen of them were minors.
The defence attorneys for the brothers said their crimes were fuelled by drug abuse and the sextortion scam culture in Nigeria.
Another Nigerian man linked to Jordan's death and other cases is fighting extradition.
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