Nigerian rapper, Babalola Falemi, popularly known by his stage names as Sauce Kid and Sinzu has been sentenced to two years imprisonment for stealing $15,388 during a visit last year to the Treasure Valley in Idaho, United States
Idaho Statesman reported that Sinzu obtained stolen bank card numbers and identifying information for their owners.
He then encoded the account numbers onto blank plastic cards. After using an automated system to change account PINs, he was able to withdraw cash from bank ATMS and buy merchandise from stores between July 23 and 26.
All of the losses took place at Boise ATMs owned by Idaho Central Credit Union and at Albertsons stores in Meridian, court documents alleged.
Sauce Kid got arrested at the Boise Airport as he was about to board a flight and he was caught with a card encoding device and most than $6,000 in cash.
He pleaded guilty to one of the counts of aggravated identity theft while other counts were dismissed.
The sitting Judge, Edward J. Lodge also placed him on one year of supervised release after his prison term.