Overview

• Ryan Last, a 17-year-old from California, died by suicide in 2022 after being sextorted online by someone posing as a 20-year-old woman who demanded money to prevent the release of intimate photos.
• Ivorian authorities arrested Alfred Kassi, Oumarou Ouedraogo, Moussa Diaby, and Oumar Cisse in April 2025 for their alleged roles in the sextortion network targeting thousands of victims globally.
• Due to Côte d’Ivoire’s non-extradition policy, the suspects will be prosecuted locally under the country’s cybercrime statutes.
• A U.S.-based accomplice, Jonathan Kassi, was convicted in 2023 and sentenced to 18 months in jail for his involvement in the scheme.
• U.S. federal agencies have reported over 13,000 sextortion cases involving minors between October 2021 and March 2023, with at least 20 suicides attributed to these crimes.