The Ministry of Justice said on Monday that a Nigerian man was handed over to the United States after being accused of a teenager in South Carolina, who died of suicide.
The Ministry of Justice said that Hasnunhuhohoosin Apolor Lawy, 24, claims to be young on social media and got the 17 -year -old Javin Jovi to send him to “waiver pictures.” The Ministry of Justice said that Lawal threatened to destroy the reputation of Gofi by leaking the photos unless he sent legal money.
Gofi, the son of the deputy in South Carolina, Brandon Govi, died of suicide in 2022.
The accusation was charged with Lawal in October 2023 on charges of exploiting children, which led to death and the distribution of pornography for children, the coercion of a minor and his temptation to participate in sexual activity, which leads to death and an attempt to blackmail.
“We will not allow predators who target our children to hide behind a keyboard or across the ocean,” said American lawyer Adir Ford Boro in South Carolina Province. statement.
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Lawal faces life and compulsory compensation, as the court may order it to pay in exchange for the losses incurred by the family because of its plan.
After the death of Jovi, Brandon Joffee sponsored a bill known as Gavin LawThis made sexual extortion “a crime of felony and a tight felony if the victim is a secondary or weak adult, or if the victim suffers from a physical injury or death directly related to the crime.” South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster The bill fell In the law in August 2023.
Social media giant dead Warning in July Sexual blackmail fraud in high, as criminals from Nigeria who are targeting adult men in the United States dead said that it removed about 63,000 accounts from Nigeria who was trying to target people with financial fraud.
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