The United States Attorney, David Metcalf, has announced the extradition of 26 year old Afeez Olatunji Adewale from Nigeria to face charges linked to an alleged sexual extortion case that resulted in the death of a young victim in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Adewale is facing an indictment for wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering. He made his first court appearance in Philadelphia before U.S. Magistrate Judge Lynne A. Sitarski.
Authorities revealed that Adewale was initially arrested in Nigeria on August 17, 2023, during a coordinated international operation involving the Federal Bureau of Investigation aimed at dismantling online sexual extortion networks targeting minors in the United States. He was extradited on February 13, 2026, through collaboration with the U.S. Department of Justice Office of International Affairs, alongside support from Nigerian law enforcement agencies, including the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the Federal Ministry of Justice.
Prosecutors said Adewale’s alleged accomplices, Imoleayo Samuel Aina, also known as Alice Dave, and Samuel Olasunkanmi Abiodun, had earlier been extradited to the United States in August 2024 to face related charges.
Abiodun later pleaded guilty to money laundering conspiracy and wire fraud and was sentenced in June 2025 by U.S. District Judge Joel H. Slomsky to five years in prison. Aina also entered guilty pleas to multiple offences, including cyberstalking, interstate threats, receiving proceeds of extortion, and money laundering conspiracy, and was sentenced in October 2025 to six years imprisonment.
The investigation was carried out by the FBI’s Philadelphia Fort Washington Resident Agency in partnership with the Abington Township Police Department. Prosecutors stated that the case is being handled by Assistant United States Attorney Patrick Brown.
Officials emphasised that the indictment contains allegations, and all defendants are presumed innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law.
