Email scam: Nigerian 'ran ring from Sydney detention centre'

Email scam: Nigerian 'ran ring from Sydney detention centre'

Australian police have charged a man they say was running a multi-million dollar email scam from inside an immigration detention centre in Sydney.

The Nigerian man, 43, headed a fraud ring which sent fake messages that claimed to be from trusted companies, according to New South Wales Police. Three other people were charged over the alleged crimes, which included identity theft and romance scams.

The alleged ring netted more than A$3m (£1.6; $2.2m), authorities said.

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