Apax Leaders English school boss accused of $295M fraud

VNExpress - Sep 23, 2026

Nguyen Ngoc Thuy, who ran English language school Apax Leaders, is accused of appropriating VND7.677 trillion (US$295 million) from more than 10,000 people and bribing a business partner to fake his company's revenue.

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