Nigerian is extradited to us for an alleged sectorization scheme that led to the suicide of the SC Tineyer

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The Nigerian man was extradited to the US after being charged with allegedly managing a sectorial scheme that led to a South Carolina The death of a teenager.

AND US Lawyer In a press release, 24-year-old Hassanbussein Abolore Lawal of the State of the Sun, Nigeria, was charged with: exploiting a child resulting in death; production and distribution of materials for sexual abuse of children; compulsion and arrest of a minor; cyberstalking resulting in death; interstate threats with the intention of extortion; and helping and supporting.

The charges arise from the investigation of 17-year-old Gavin Guffey from Rock Hill, South Carolina, who died suicide in July 2022. After becoming a victim of Lawal’s alleged scheme.

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Lawal, the lawyer said, posed on social networks as a young woman and convinced the teenager to send compromising photos. After sending the teenager the photos, Lawal was accused of sending him the harassment of messages, threatening to leak photos and ruin his reputation, unless the teenager sent him the money.

Lawal was accused of later doing so and members of the Guffey family.

“We will not allow the predators who target our children to hide behind the keyboard or through the ocean. Today we honor Gavin’s life and continue fighting the Sexttorgin, and considering the defendant responsible,” US lawyer Adair Ford Boroughs told South Carolina County. “This investigation and extradition are the result of huge coordination to implement the law and in the United States And Nigeria. “

The boy’s father, a Republican State Reverend of South Caroline, Brandon Guffey, told Fox News Digital last year that his son and perpetrator started chatting on Instagram, Social media application Owned by the Facebook parent company, Meta.

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This person convinced Gavin to turn on “Vanish Mode” in his Instagram chat, which allows messages to disappear after they have been received.

“And then they shared photos,” Guffy told Fox News Digital.

After exchanging photos, that person demanded money from Gavin. He replied that he had only $ 25 in his account, which Guffey said he was not true, and sent $ 25. The fraud demanded more.

“And he even said I was sitting in my room with a gun. If these pictures come out, I’ll finish it right away,” the state lawmaker explained. “I don’t know if any of the pictures are divided.”

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Gavin, who graduated from high school that spring and had a passion for art and music, shot that evening.

After his death, the fraudster he met on Instagram found Brandon Guffey and Gavin’s teenage cousin on Instagram and began to demand money from them.

“This indictment is the highlight of the countless hours of dedicated work done by our investigators and here in abroad,” said Steve Jensen, a special agent in charge of FBI Columbia field office. “The alleged actions of the defendants are humiliating, resulting in a tragic loss of young lives. We remain persistent in our commitment to keep criminals responsible, especially those who target our children and endanger their lives, no matter where they are.”

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If convicted, Lawal faces life in prison. Accusation of exploitation of children resulting in death, carries a mandatory sentence of 30 years in prison.

Lawal could also face a mandatory restitution in which the court may order him to pay the losses that the family arose as the result of his alleged scheme.

Audrey Conklin Fox News Digital contributed to this report.