Nigerian ‘Sextortion Blackmailer Who Made £2Million’ To Appear In UK Court For Threatening To Release Embarrassing Photos of Boys

A Suspected sextortion blackmailer, Olamide Shanu, is believed to have made up to £2 million by threatening to release embarrassing photos and videos of boys

Shanu, a 33-year-old Nigerian, will appear in court in London later this month after an extradition request from the United States. He is accused of posing online as a teenage girl to persuade boys to send sexually explicit photos.

cryptocurrency exchange, which was opened using Shanu’s passport as proof of identity along with an address in Lagos. By the time the account was traced, it had been emptied of $2.6 million-worth of bitcoin amassed in the previous three years. Luke Lack, a Secret Service special agent, wrote in the criminal complaint that the Binance account had received funds from victims of various frauds, including sextortion and romance scams. Secret Service investigators allegedly linked the account to email addresses containing other identity documents belonging to Shanu, and screenshots of messages showing his involvement in the sextortion scheme including one with the name Chloe Walterz. They also identified two other alleged victims.