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A 26-year-old Nigerian man, Afeez Olatunji Adewale, has been extradited from Nigeria to the United States to face charges related to the sexual extortion and death of 20-year-old Jack Sullivan in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
The extradition and charges were announced by United States Attorney David Metcalf in a press statement issued by the Department of Justice on February 18, 2026.
Adewale faces indictment on charges of wire fraud and money laundering conspiracy. He appeared in federal magistrate court in Philadelphia before U.S. Magistrate Judge Lynne A. Sitarski on Wednesday afternoon.
Adewale was arrested in Nigeria on August 17, 2023, as part of a broader FBI operation targeting sexual extortionists preying on minors in the United States. He was extradited to the U.S. on February 13, 2026, with the assistance of the Justice Department’s Office of International Affairs, the FBI Legal Attaché in Abuja, and the FBI, which took him into custody.
“The support and assistance of Nigerian security authorities was essential to this effort, notably that of Nigeria’s Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, the Federal Ministry of Justice’s International Criminal Justice Cooperation Department, and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,” the statement said.
Adewale’s co-defendants, Imoleayo Samuel Aina, also known as “Alice Dave,” 27, and Samuel Olasunkanmi Abiodun, 26, were extradited to the U.S. in August 2024.
Abiodun pleaded guilty to money laundering conspiracy and wire fraud and was sentenced by United States District Judge Joel H. Slomsky in June 2025 to five years in prison. Aina later pleaded guilty to cyberstalking, interstate threats to injure reputation, receiving proceeds of extortion, money laundering conspiracy, and wire fraud, and was sentenced by Judge Slomsky in October 2025 to six years in prison.
The investigation was conducted by the FBI Philadelphia’s Fort Washington Resident Agency and the Abington Township Police Department. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Patrick Brown.
“The charges and allegations contained in the indictment are merely accusations. Every defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in court,” the statement added.
