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11 Filipinos, 4 Others Jailed in Nigeria for Internet Scams
The Philippine Star
|June 01, 2025
A Nigerian court jailed 15 foreign nationals Friday—all Asians—for "cyber-terrorism and internet fraud," the national anti-graft agency said, one of the largest such cases in the country.
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Eleven Filipinos, two Chinese, one Malaysian and one Indonesian were sentenced to one year in prison and a fine of one million naira (about $630) each in the commercial capital Lagos, after pleading guilty, said Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) spokesman Dele Oyewale.
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