Two group have been charged over a 1m email fraud that took allowance from the bank accounts of hundreds of students.
Police mentioned students on supervision loans were sent phishing emails propelling them to supply their promissory note details.
Damola Olatunji, 26, of Hamsterley Avenue, Manchester, and Amos Mwangi, 25, of Rochdale Way, Deptford, London, face a assign of swindling to defraud.
They were remanded in control until 17 February by Westminster Magistrates' Court, middle London.
Their next look is due to be at Southwark Crown Court in south-east London.
Mr Olatunji is moreover charged with receive of an essay for use in fraud.
Five other people arrested in the scrutiny have been bailed until Mar tentative serve inquiries.
They are a 25-year-old lady arrested in Manchester, a 49-year-old lady and a 31-year-old human hold in Stratford, north-east London.
Two men, elderly 38 and 35, were moreover detained in Bolton, Greater Manchester.
They were all arrested on guess of swindling to deceive and money-laundering offences and bailed until March.
The Metropolitan Police's e-crime section was initial alerted to the fraud in Aug and worked with the Student Loans Company, the promissory note attention and internet service providers during its investigation.
Phishing is the sending of a legitimate-looking email in an endeavor to accumulate personal and financial data from recipients.
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