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0:05 A Nigerian man living in the United Kingdom has been sentenced to prison after hacking a woman's social media accounts, using her photographs to create fake profiles and blackmailing her. The case centers on Busen Osagie, a 25-year-old Nigerian resident of London, whose actions expose a woman in Wirral to an online ordeal. British police say the images were sold online while fraudulent accounts portrayed the victim as someone offering sexual services. After admitting to hacking and blackmail, Osagie received a substantial prison sentence and a lengthy court order restraining contact with the woman.
0:50 The sentence followed an investigation by Merseyside Police into complaints first reported in February 2023. The woman discovered that her Snapchat and X accounts had been compromised. Rather than merely accessing private information, the offender used photographs associated with those accounts to construct false identities online. The case moved from unauthorized access to a pattern of impersonation and exploitation with the victim's images becoming material used by someone who had no permission to distribute them. The police investigation resulted in criminal charges, a guilty plea, and imprisonment.
1:36 The convicted man was identified as Busen Osagie, age 25, of Hatch Lock Drive in Bexley, London. The victim lives in Wirral, an area covered by Merseyside Police. The geographic separation between the offender's residence and the victim's location did not prevent the alleged harm from reaching her. Through social media accounts, images could be copied, reused, and displayed to strangers without the person pictured having any control over the presentation. That was a central feature of the conduct described by investigators. Police said Osagie hacked the woman's Snapchat and X account and then
2:23 established fake accounts using her photographs. Those accounts were used to present the woman as a sex worker while her images were offered for sale online. The false portrayal was not a statement made by the victim. It was part of the impersonation carried out through accounts created without her consent. The conduct also involved blackmail, turning the misuse of private images into a criminal case with the consequences extending beyond the intrusion into her accounts. The distinction matters because the incident was not simply a disagreement over material posted on social media.
3:08 Investigators described unauthorized access to accounts, the creation of misleading profiles, and the commercial use of photographs belonging to another person. The victim was placed in a position where strangers could encounter content falsely attributed to her. Her identity was being represented online by someone else, and the images were reportedly sold without her approval. The combination of impersonation, exposure, and blackmail formed the basis of the allegations examined by police. The matter came to the attention of authorities after the victim reported what had happened in February 2023?
3:54 Mesa Cy police conducted inquiries before the case reached court. The investigation linked the online activity to Osage, who was arrested and charged. At a court hearing, he pleaded guilty to computer hacking and blackmail. That admission meant the courts did not need to determine his guilt through a trial. The proceedings moved instead towards sentencing for the offenses he had acknowledged committing. Osage was sentenced to 2 years and 3 months in prison. The length of that custodial term reflects the punishment imposed by the courts for the offenses before it. In
4:39 addition, the judge made a restraining order lasting 10 years. The order prohibited him from contacting the victim, extending a legal restriction well beyond the period of imprisonment. These were two distinct outcomes. A prison sentence for the criminal conduct and a restriction designed to prevent contact with the person he targeted. The restraining order details understanding the outcome. A custodial sentence addresses offenses already committed, while a prohibition on contact governs conduct after the court's decision. In this case, the restriction was imposed for a decade.
5:27 The report does not describe conditions beyond the prohibition on contacting the victim. It also does not identify the woman, and her identity is not necessary to understand the nature of the crimes or the result reached by the courts. The case also demonstrates how one account intrusion can lead to several forms of harm. Snapchat and X serve different purposes, but both can hold photographs and personal information associated with an identifiable individual. Once someone gains unauthorized access, material obtained from an account can be reused elsewhere. Here, police described that progression.
6:12 Compromised accounts, photographs used for fabricated profiles, images sold online, and subsequent blackmail. Each stage increased the distance between the victim's real identity and the false identity being circulated in her name. There's also an important difference between a person's decision to share a photograph and another individual's decision to exploit that photograph. The woman did not authorize Osagie to create profiles presenting her as a sex worker, nor did the reported sale of her images make those representations genuine. The accounts were fraudulent, according to police, and their purpose was
6:58 connected to the criminal behavior for which Osagie pleaded guilty. The case therefore concerns both digital intrusion and the misuse of another person's identity. The police statement was issued after the sentencing and set out the fact of the investigation. It identified the offender, explained the platforms affected, described the creation of fake profiles, and confirmed the court's decision. The report did not specify the number of photographs sold, the amount of money obtained, or the exact demands made during the blackmail. Those details were not included in the public account of the proceedings. For the woman in Wirral,
7:44 the case began with the compromise of her online account and ended with a criminal conviction against the person responsible. For Osagie, the guilty plea led to imprisonment and a 10-year prohibition on contact. The final outcome is clear. A Nigerian man living in London was convicted after using hacked accounts and intimate photographs to impersonate and blackmail a woman in the United Kingdom. His sentence now stands as the court's response to those offenses. And this is where we call it a day on this segment. For more information and for more timely updates, please stay connected to Fast Next News. I am James Amadi. Thank you
8:29 for watching and bye for now.
