John Frizell, born in 1979, had his address given as Glasgow in court documents.
The former was sentenced to 30 months in prison, while his accomplice received a 15 month suspended sentence.
The court found that on the night of April 8 to 9 2026, the two men crossed the English Channel on an eight metre boat which belonged to Mr Frizell.
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They were accused of planning to make a return crossing with around 10 asylum seekers, including a three-year-old girl who was among five found on board along with the vessel’s owner.
The migrants said they had paid more than €1,000 per person (£866) for the crossing and had come from the Calais migrant camp popularly known as The Jungle.
Lawyers for the two men had requested acquittal on the grounds that the boat had not actually left the quay in Saint-Valéry-en-Caux, while Mr Frizell said he had not done it for the money but as “a favour for a friend”.
The Rouen public prosecutor said the two men were “people smugglers” who “treated these people like objects, like merchandise with a price tag”.
The two men have been permanently barred from French territory.