Afeez Olatunji Adewale has been extradited from Nigeria to the US to face expenses linked to the sexual extortion and demise of a younger man within the Jap District of Pennsylvania.
The event was confirmed in a press release by the U.S. Lawyer’s Workplace for the Jap District of Pennsylvania and in a submit on X by FBI Director Kash Patel on Thursday.
Adewale, 26, was arrested in Nigeria in August 2023 as a part of a wider FBI operation concentrating on sexual extortionists who prey on minors in the US and was formally taken into U.S. custody with the help of Nigerian authorities.
The U.S. Lawyer’s Workplace for the Jap District of Pennsylvania disclosed that Adewale has been charged by indictment with wire fraud and cash laundering conspiracy. He appeared in federal courtroom in Philadelphia earlier than U.S. Justice of the Peace Choose Lynne A. Sitarski.
Adewale was extradited to the US on Friday, February 13, 2026, with the help of the Justice Division’s Workplace of Worldwide Affairs, the FBI Authorized Attaché in Abuja, and the FBI.
The assertion acknowledged the help of Nigerian safety authorities, together with the Attorney General of the Federation, the Federal Ministry of Justice’s Worldwide Prison Justice Cooperation Division, and the {Economic} and {Financial} Crimes Fee.
It additional famous that the fees and allegations contained within the indictment are accusations solely and that each defendant is presumed harmless till confirmed responsible in courtroom.
Adewale’s co-defendants had earlier been extradited to the US in reference to the identical case. They’ve since been convicted and sentenced in U.S. courts.
Imoleayo Samuel Aina, also referred to as “Alice Dave,” and Samuel Olasunkanmi Abiodun have been extradited in August 2024.
Abiodun pleaded responsible to cash laundering conspiracy and wire fraud and was sentenced in June 2025 by United States District Choose Joel H. Slomsky to 5 years in jail.
Aina later pleaded responsible to cyberstalking, interstate menace to injure fame, receiving proceeds of extortion, cash laundering conspiracy, and wire fraud, and was sentenced in October 2025 to 6 years in jail.
The investigation was led by the FBI Philadelphia’s Fort Washington Resident Company, and the Abington Township Police Division, and is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Lawyer Patrick Brown.
In a associated growth earlier reported by Nairametrics, one other Nigerian nationwide was extradited to the US in August 2025 over alleged cybercrime and fraud offences, underscoring rising worldwide cooperation towards cross-border {financial} crimes.
He faces expenses of conspiracy to commit laptop intrusions, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, and aggravated id theft, which carries a compulsory two-year consecutive sentence.
Authorities stated he was apprehended in France by means of coordinated efforts between U.S. and French regulation enforcement companies and stays presumed harmless till confirmed responsible in courtroom.
Nairametrics reported in September 2025 that one other Nigerian citizen, Farouk Adekunle Adepoju, was arrested in the UK following a U.S. extradition request over alleged wire and laptop fraud totaling greater than $235,000.
Courtroom filings allege that he altered account guidelines and registered a spoofed area to divert funds to a fraudulent {bank account}, and the funds haven’t been recovered.
In keeping with the U.S. Division of Justice, Adepoju is presumed harmless till confirmed responsible in courtroom.
