Arrested 2 subjects hacked 1,000 Facebook accounts, embezzled 10 billion VND

On September 17, the Criminal Police Department, Da Nang City Police coordinated with Quang Tri Province Police to urgently arrest Cao Van Hieu (28 years old) and Mai Thanh Quoc (26 years old, both residing in Trieu Phong district, Quang Tri province) to investigate the act of fraud and property appropriation.

According to initial investigation, to carry out the fraud, the above subjects used the trick of hacking the Facebook accounts of Vietnamese people living abroad, then used these accounts to message their relatives in the country, entice them to contribute money to do business... and then appropriate it.

To fool the authorities, the subjects used game accounts to launder money, avoiding tracing the embezzled money.

Police determined that since the beginning of 2024, these subjects have hacked 1,000 Facebook accounts and appropriated assets of more than 500 victims nationwide with an amount of about 10 billion VND.

During the investigation after receiving reports from the victims, at around 0:00 on September 17, working groups of the Criminal Police Department of Da Nang City Police in coordination with Quang Tri Provincial Police suddenly raided the location where the subjects in the fraud crime ring were hiding in Trieu Phong District, thereby controlling and arresting Cao Van Hieu and Mai Thanh Quoc, and collecting many pieces of evidence.

So far, the police have contacted 4 victims in Soc Trang, Kien Giang, Thua Thien Hue and Da Nang with a total amount of money stolen of more than 1 billion VND.