5 social network scammers caught stealing over 1 billion VND

On February 23, 2023, Thanh Chuong District Police (Nghe An) said that the unit had just successfully fought and destroyed a special case.fraud and appropriation of property via social networks, criminally detained 05 subjects.

Previously, at the end of 2022, through receiving reports from a number of victims and following the area and grasping the situation, Thanh Chuong District Police discovered a group of subjects with many suspicious signs of committing crimes of fraud and appropriation of property online.

Subject Nguyen Hoang Long at the Police Department. Photo: Trong Tuan.

Identifying this as a group of fraudsters who used sophisticated high-tech methods to appropriate property, and the amount of money they appropriated from the victims was large, Thanh Chuong District Police established a special project to combat the group.

Synchronously deploying professional measures, the Thanh Chuong District Police Special Task Force discovered a group of subjects including: Nguyen Hoang Long (born in 1994), Duong Viet Lam (born in 1994), Le Van Toan (born in 1995), Nguyen Van Anh (born in 1994) and Hoang Anh Tuan (born in 1991), all residing in Ky Anh District, Ha Tinh Province, showing many suspicious signs of criminal activities of online fraud and property appropriation of victims.

During the investigation and verification process, the Task Force encountered many difficulties because the group of subjects used many sophisticated and secretive methods and tricks of operation. The subjects not only committed crimes in Nghe An province but also in many areas of Ha Tinh province, Hanoi city...

The group was discovered and arrested by Thanh Chuong District Police. Photo: Pham Thuy.

After collecting sufficient documents and evidence, the Thanh Chuong District Police Investigation Team successfully arrested the above group of subjects. Based on the initial investigation results, the Investigation Team determined: By taking advantage of the gullibility and trust of the victims, this group of subjects called the victims to inform them that they had won valuable property and cash prizes. If the victims wanted to "receive the prize", they had to pay a deposit. By using the above tricks, in 2022, this group of subjects committed fraud and appropriated property from many victims with a total amount of more than 1 billion VND.

Currently, the case is being further investigated and clarified by Thanh Chuong District Police.