Imoleayo “Alice Dave” Aina, a Nigerian man extradited to the U.S. in 2024, has been sentenced to six years in prison for cyberstalking, sextortion, and fraud-related offences.
According to a report from PEOPLE’S GAZZATTE, The U.S. Department of Justice said the 27-year-old received “72 months in prison and five years of supervised release” on October 28 after pleading guilty earlier in May. Aina was convicted of “cyberstalking, interstate threat to injure reputation, receiving proceeds of extortion, money laundering conspiracy, and wire fraud.” The court also ordered him to pay “$3,250 in restitution” to U.S. authorities.
U.S. Attorney David Metcalf said Aina “was the driving force behind this sextortion scheme, which left a young man, and then his family, traumatized.” He added that American authorities would continue to pursue criminals operating overseas. “The Department of Justice won’t just stand by when innocent victims in the U.S. are harmed by criminal scammers overseas,” Metcalf said. “We can and we will find, prosecute, and hold accountable these insidious sextortionists who terrorize people for money.”
Aina’s co-defendant, Samuel Olasunkanmi Abiodun, 26, had earlier pleaded guilty to money laundering conspiracy and wire fraud and was sentenced to five years in June 2024.
The case follows a string of convictions involving Nigerians implicated in U.S.-related cybercrimes, including the August sentencing of Joseph Oloyede, a traditional ruler from Osun State, for a multimillion-dollar COVID-19 relief fraud scheme.