Four members of an alleged cybercriminal syndicate accused of money laundering $1.7 million in stolen cash from Australian and overseas victims have been charged in Brisbane, Adelaide and Melbourne

The AFP alleges the syndicate orchestrated more than 15 sophisticated cybercrime incidents between January 2020, and March, 2023, and set up more than 80 bank accounts with stolen identities to help transfer the money out of Australia.

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The AFP began the investigation in October 2021, after an Indonesian business lost more than $100,000 in a business email compromise (BEC) attack.

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