Monday, November 17, 2025 - A 27-year-old Nigerian man, Imoleayo Samuel Aina, aka “Alice Dave,” was sentenced to 72 months in prison, five years of supervised release, and $3,250 in restitution for offenses related to the sexual extortion scheme and d3ath of a 20-year-old man, Jack Sullivan, in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Imoleayo was sentenced by United States District Judge Joel
H. Slomsky on October 28, 2025.
United States Attorney David Metcalf made the announcement
in a press release issued by the Department of Justice on Saturday, November
15, 2025.
The statement noted that the posting of the press release
was delayed, due to the federal government shutdown from October 1, 2025 to
November 12.
An investigation began after Sullivan, a Glenside resident
and Kutztown University sophomore, received a flirtatious Instagram message
from Aina, aka “Alice Dave”, in January 2023.
The two exchanged messages, and later intimate photos on
Snapchat. Later that night, Aina’s texts became threats if Sullivan didn’t send
money.
Sullivan sent roughly $2,800 but Aina refused to delete the
photos. Less than 24 hours after the first message, he walked onto train tracks
leading to the Jenkintown SEPTA station. Three minutes later a passing train
struck and k!lled him.
According to the statement, Aina and co-defendant Samuel
Olasunkanmi Abiodun were arrested on a complaint and warrant in Nigeria, taken
into custody by the FBI on July 31, 2024, and extradited to the United States
to face charges in this case.
They and another Nigerian co-defendant, Afeez Olatunji
Adewale, 25, were then charged by indictment in August 2024.
In May of this year, Aina pleaded guilty to cyberstalking,
interstate threat to injure reputation, receiving proceeds of extortion, money
laundering conspiracy, and wire fraud.
Abiodun, 26, pleaded guilty in December 2024 to money
laundering conspiracy and wire fraud. He was sentenced on June 10 to five years
in prison.
Adewale has also been charged with money laundering
conspiracy and wire fraud. He remains in Nigeria, pending extradition to the
United States.
“Aina was the driving force behind this sextortion scheme,
which left a young man, and then his family, traumatized,” said U.S. Attorney
Metcalf.
“The Department of Justice won’t just stand by when innocent
victims in the U.S. are harmed by criminal scammers overseas. As this case
shows, we can — and we will — find, prosecute, and hold accountable these
insidious sextortionists who terrorize people for money.”
“This case is a powerful reminder of the profound harm
sextortion inflicts on young people and their families, and of our unwavering
commitment to pursuing those who perpetrate it,” said Wayne A. Jacobs, Special
Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Philadelphia Field Office.
“This sentence delivers a clear message: whether you are in
the United States or operating from abroad, the FBI and our partners will
relentlessly pursue you. If you exploit our youth, we will bring you to
justice.”
This case was investigated by the FBI and the Abington
Township Police Department and is being prosecuted by Assistant United States
Attorney Patrick Brown.
Aina and Abiodun were extradited to the Eastern
District of Pennsylvania with assistance of the Justice Department’s Office of
International Affairs, the FBI Legal Attaché in Abuja, and the FBI. He pleaded guilty on August 5, 2024.
“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 added.
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