by Adeola Balogun

Two Nigerians have been arrested and charged before a court in the United Kingdom for being part of a cyber-crime gang.

Segun Ogunfidodo, 26, and Leroy Odunusi, 24,were part of a gang led by 48-year-old Tony Colston-Hayter, a former master gambler.

The duo were charged to court and are said to have pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit fraud using credit cards and they will be sentenced on April 23.

The gang is said to have jointly stolen the sum of £1.25million by hacking banks and draining high-value accounts of money.

The suspects also stole 24,000 credit cards from American Express and Coutts customers and then went on shopping sprees.