Two of the suspects, Okoye Christinan Ikechukwy, 39, and Eneh Davidson Caleb, 28, are from Nigeria.

According to the police, the suspects hacked emails from foreign companies to steal information about their economic transactions and contracts. Then they created fake emails with similar names as the companies’ partners to contact and inform them about changes to trading accounts.

The foreign suspects then directed their accomplices in Vietnam to establish bogus companies with names similar to those of the partner companies in order to open foreign currency accounts.

When the victims transferred the money to the fake bank accounts, the suspects continued to transfer it to the Vietnamese individuals’ accounts.

After that, the suspects then withdrew the money out of the accounts and sent it to their accomplices based in Cambodia.

An initial investigation showed the total illegal transactions were estimated to be at more than VND13 trillion.

Further investigations are underway by the police.

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