Two Internet scammers, Olayinka Saidu and Adams Shedrack, were given five and two-year prison sentences, respectively, by a Federal High Court in Kaduna, the capital of Kaduna State, for their roles in cybercrime.

This was revealed in a statement posted on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission's Facebook page on Tuesday.

The EFCC claims that intelligence on the convicts' fraudulent activities led to their arrest in Minna, the capital of Niger State. Following their apprehension, they were charged with one count each of money laundering, cybercrime, and impersonation before Justice R.M Aikawa of the Kaduna Federal High Court.

Saidu's charge is as follows, according to the statement: That you, Olayinka Abdulraheem Saidu (a. K. Sometime in 2022, in Minna, Niger State, within the jurisdiction of this honorable court, Lily Bright, (M), converted $100.00 (one hundred US dollars) from a Chad Beatty, who lived in the United States of America.

You should have known that the money was part of the proceeds of an illegal act, so you committed an offense against Section 18(2)(B) of the Money Laundering (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022, which is punishable under Section 18(3) of the same Act.

It says: "That you, Adams Shedrack, in September 2024, in Minna, under the jurisdiction of this honorable court, a Kellie Hamza fraudulently assumed the identity of a German citizen named Hamza Topchvev.