Sadia Alhassan, 35, and Mohammed Saaminu Zuberu, 39, along with Shawn William Smith, 26, were convicted for their roles in the scheme, which deceived vulnerable U.S.
citizens into sending money to fictitious romantic partners.
Sadia Alhassan, a student visa holder from Tallahassee, was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release.
Mohammed Zuberu, her co-defendant and a dual U.S.-Ghanaian citizen from Aldie, Virginia, was given a sentence of approximately five and a half months in federal prison and three years of supervised release.
