Nigerian Man Charged Over BC Boy’s Death in ‘Financial Sextortion’ Case: RCMP

Nigerian Man Charged Over BC Boy’s Death in ‘Financial Sextortion’ Case: RCMP
An RCMP patch is seen on a shoulder in Surrey, B.C., on April 28, 2023. The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck
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Mounties in British Columbia say a suspect in Nigeria has been charged over the sextortion of a boy who died in Metro Vancouver last year, after an investigation spanning several countries.

Surrey RCMP say officers responded to the boy’s “sudden” death last February and an investigation determined he had been the victim of “financial sextortion” after being tricked into sending explicit photos to a person who posed as a teenage girl.