A Nigerian man has been extradited to the United States on charges that he targeted a 17-year-old South Carolina boy in a sextortion scheme that prosecutors contend led to the boy’s suicide, the U.S. Justice Department said on Monday. In July 2022, the man, Hassanbunhussein Abolore Lawal, posed as a college woman on social media
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Warning: This story contains details readers might find distressing A predator posing as a teenage YouTuber who blackmailed hundreds of girls around the globe into performing sex acts on camera has been jailed for 17 years in Australia. Muhammad Zain Ul Abideen Rasheed pleaded guilty to 119 charges, relating to 286 people from 20 countries,