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Police say the online interaction between the boy and the suspect lasted only minutes, "a short-term communication back-and-forth contained within one day."
It is believed the hockey player, 14, was a victim of sextortion
Nearly one year after the death of a teenage sextortion victim from B.C.'s Lower Mainland, authorities have announced charges against a suspect in Nigeria.
Police say they determined last May that suspects in Nigeria had been communicating with the boy, and officers from the Surrey detachment travelled to Lagos last summer
SURREY, B.C. - For just a few minutes last year, police say a Metro Vancouver boy communicated online with someone he thought was a teenage girl, sending her intimate photos.