Eleven Filipinos, two Chinese, one Malaysian and one Indonesian were separately convicted and sentenced to one year imprisonment each for cyber-terrorism and internet fraud.

Justice Yellin Bogoro and Justice Alexander Owoeye of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, handed down the judgment.

The convicts are Winnie De Jesus, Kayceelynn Remorin, Irish Chna, Darwisa Emael, Kimberly Nisperos, Savien Cire Renovilla, Zeng Zerong, and Guo Bin.

Others are Jessa Sanchi, Jhena Sarmiento, Rain Torida, Rex Jose Dilag (aka Madison), Tan Soon Kar, Fernando Fu Fang and Beverlyin Gumayo (aka Veb Sumayo.

They were arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on separate charges of possession of fraudulent documents.

They all pleaded guilty to the charges when it was read to them.

The prosecution counsel, N.K. Ukoha, T. J. Banjo and N. C. Mutfwang, after the plea had been taken respectively, requested that the court convict the defendants as charged, in accordance with the plea bargain they had entered into with the Commission.

Consequently, Justice Bogoro and Justice Owoeye convicted and sentenced the defendants to one year imprisonment each, with a fine of N1million.

The judges also ordered the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), to ensure that the convicts are repatriated to their country of origin within seven days upon completion of their sentences.

Devices recovered from the defendants were also ordered to be forfeited to the Federal Government of Nigeria.