Two years after he was arrested for credit card fraud in US, Nigerian Rapper Sauce Kid regains freedom

Nigerian rapper, Sauce Kid or Sinzu (real name, Babalola Falemi) has been released from a federal prison in the US.

Back in 2017 when his mugshot surfaced on the internet, it was revealed that he had been serving a two year jail term for stealing $15,388 using stolen credit card numbers in  US.

Sauce Kid had reportedly obtained stolen bank card numbers and information from their owners. He then allegedly encoded the account numbers onto blank plastic cardsfter 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 - 26, 2016.

It was reported that police arrested the rapper with a card encoding device and over $6,000 in cash at the Boise Airport as he was about to board a flight. Part of the charges against him were conspiracy to commit bank fraud and aggravated identity theft.