Malone Lam, a 22-year-old originally from Singapore, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to conspiring with friends to steal nearly $240 million in bitcoin from a Washington, D.C., resident, according to the Associated Press. Federal prosecutors described it as one of the largest cryptocurrency thefts in U.S. history, saying the group laundered the proceeds and spent them on a lavish spree. Lam, an eighth-grade dropout who came to the U.S. from Singapore, faces a potential prison sentence.

A 20-year-old man has been sentenced to seven and a half years in prison after admitting to more than 40 child sex offences. According to Tribune Online, Kasey Fitton targeted young girls through the social media platform Snapchat. The case was reported by the Nigerian outlet on 8 September 2026. The report did not specify the country where the offences or sentencing took place, nor provide further details on the court proceedings.

A Rivers State High Court in Port Harcourt has sentenced 25-year-old Jerry Njoku to seven years in prison with hard labour for defiling a ten-year-old girl. The trial judge, Justice Rita Oguguo, stated that the prosecution successfully proved the case of defilement against Njoku, leading to the sentencing.

A Kano State Multi-Agency Task Force on Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking has secured nine-year prison sentences for two men convicted of supplying rubber solution and other intoxicating substances to underage children in Kano, Nigeria. According to the Daily Post, the convicts, identified as Kabiru Isa, also known as Mada, and Usman Hamisu, also known as Mani, were sentenced by Magistrate Muhammad Alhaji. The case forms part of efforts to curb drug abuse among minors in the state.

A suspected child trafficker in Oyo State, Adejoke Popoola, has confessed to selling her own babies and stealing 19 children, according to Punch. The suspect reportedly detailed her methods and the operations of the syndicate she worked with. The confession sheds light on child trafficking networks operating in the southwestern Nigerian state. Further details about the investigation, possible accomplices, and the fate of the trafficked children were not disclosed in the report.

Franklin Ikechukwu Nwadialo, a 42-year-old Nigerian national, has been sentenced to five years in prison by a United States District Court in Tacoma, Washington, for his role in an online romance scam that defrauded victims of over $3.5 million.