2 Nigerian Brothers Sentenced for Sextortion That Led to Teen’s Death

2 Nigerian Brothers Sentenced for Sextortion That Led to Teen’s Death
Jordan DeMay in September 2021. Jennifer Buta via AP
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MARQUETTE, Mich.—Two brothers from Nigeria were sentenced to 17 1/2 years in federal prison Thursday after pleading guilty to sexually extorting teenage boys and young men across the U.S., including a 17-year-old from Michigan who took his own life.

A federal judge sentenced Samuel Ogoshi, 24, and Samson Ogoshi, 21, after hearing emotional testimony from the parents and stepmother of Jordan DeMay, who was 17 when he killed himself at his family’s home in Marquette, in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.