Nigeria, May 24 -- The Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, has convicted and sentenced 12 Philippine nationals to one-year imprisonment each for cyber-terrorism and internet fraud.

The convicts are among 792 individuals, including foreign nationals and Nigerians, suspected of belonging to a cyber-terrorism and internet fraud syndicate. Their arrest occurred last December in Lagos during a landmark EFCC operation, the largest single bust of a cybercrime syndicate in Nigeria to date.

Delivering judgement on Friday, the trial judge, Yellin Bogoro, handed down the sentence after the 12 foreigners pleaded guilty to the charges filed against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

The convicts include Anjeanette Topacio,...