Two judges of the Federal High Court in Lagos, Justice Yellin Bogoro and Justice Alexander Owoeye, on Friday, convicted and sentenced 15 foreigners to one year imprisonment each for cyber-terrorism and internet fraud.
The convicts include 11 Filipinos: Winnie De Jesus, Kayceelynn Remorin, Irish Chna, Darwisa Esmael, Kimberly Nisperos, Savien Cire Renovilla, Jessa Sanchi, Jhena Sarmiento, Rain Torida, Rex Jose Dilag (aka Madison), and Beverlyin Gumayo (aka Veb Sumayo), as well as two Chinese nationals, Zeng Zerong and Guo Bin, one Malaysian, Tan Soon Kar, and one Indonesian, Fernando Fu Fang.
They were arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on separate charges bordering on possession of fraudulent documents and cybercrimes.The EFCC told the court that the offences were committed in Lagos State, sometime in December 2024.
According to the anti-graft agency, Winnie De Jesus and a corporate entity, Genting International Co. Ltd, willfully accessed computer systems intended to destabilise and destroy Nigeria’s economic and social structure.
The commission alleged that De Jesus procured Nigerian youths to engage in identity theft, instructing them to pose as foreigners with the intent to secure financial gain.
Similarly, Kayceelynn Remorin, in collaboration with Genting International Co. Ltd, was accused of engaging in a similar scheme.
She reportedly facilitated the use of Nigerian youths for identity theft and misrepresentation, with the objective of financial exploitation.
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