Nigeria, May 9 -- A Federal High Court in Onitsha, Anambra State, South-east Nigeria, has sentenced 41 internet fraudsters to one-year imprisonment each.

The 41 convicts were earlier arrested for their involvement in separate internet frauds, according to a statement by the Economic Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday.

The convicts, upon arraignment, pleaded guilty to one-count charge separately filed against them.

They were prosecuted by the EFCC.

Some of the 41 charges for the different convicts included obtaining by false pretence, possession of fraudulent documents, impersonation and aiding in committing an offence.

One of the separate charges reads: "That you, Uwakwe Chikezie Raphael sometime in 2024 in Onitsha, Anamb...