Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Lagos State Special Offences Court in Ikeja has sentenced two Internet fraudsters, Tobiloba Bakare and Alimi Sikiru, to three years’ imprisonment for hacking the emails of KLM, Turkish and British airways and stealing the sum of $750,000 and N120m. Justice Taiwo sentenced the convicts after they pleaded guilty to six counts bordering on conspiracy to retain and retaining stolen items filed against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The offences were contrary to sections 411 and 328(1) and punishable under Section 328 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015. Following their pleas, the prosecutor, Idris Mohammed, prayed the court to review the facts of the case. According to Mohammed, the agency on September 2, 2020, received a report about suspicious transactions and money laundering, which led to an investigation by the Advance Fee Fraud section of the commission. The investigation led to one Kehinde Adelakun, who was convicted in October 2020. Mohammed told the court that Sikiru’s name and his company, Alvine First Resources Ventures, came up while investigating Adelakun, adding that he operated corporate accounts with First Bank and Sterling Bank Plc.