Arrested 2 subjects of fraud and appropriation of property by exchanging foreign currency
(Baonghean.vn) - On February 10, Nghia Dan District Police announced that they had initiated a case and prosecuted Nguyen Huu Tuan (born in 1987), residing in My Duc District, Hanoi City, and Pham Thanh Chung (born in 1994), residing in Lao Cai City, Lao Cai Province, for fraud and appropriation of property.
Previously, in early December 2022, the Investigation Police Agency (IPA) of Nghia Dan District Police received a report from Ms. NTTC (born in 1996), residing in Ward 1, Go Vap District, Ho Chi Minh City, about: In May 2022, she was scammed by a scammer through Facebook for 275 million VND by exchanging Vietnamese Dong for Singapore dollars.
Through the synchronous implementation of professional measures to grasp the situation, the Special Investigation Committee of Nghia Dan District Police discovered that Nguyen Huu Tuan (born in 1987), residing in Phung Xa Commune, My Duc District, Hanoi City, had many suspicious signs of criminal activities of fraud and property appropriation related to the above case.
During the investigation and verification process, the Task Force encountered many difficulties because the subject used many methods and tricks to erase traces of the crime, while cutting off communication channels and leaving the locality.
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During the investigation of the case, the Investigation Board coordinated with the Provincial Police Department to discover that Pham Thanh Chung (born in 1994), residing in Bac Cuong ward, Lao Cai city, Lao Cai province, was an important link in the case.
After collecting sufficient documents and evidence, on January 10, 2023, Nghia Dan District Police mobilized dozens of officers and soldiers divided into 5 working groups, present in localities including: Hanoi City, Lao Cai City, Yen Bai City, Luong Son District (Hoa Binh Province) and Da Nang City to organize the arrest and simultaneous search of 5 locations related to the criminal acts of the subjects.
As a result of the initial investigation, the Task Force has clarified the criminal acts of the two ringleaders, Nguyen Huu Tuan and Pham Thanh Chung. The seized evidence includes 6 ATM cards, 5 mobile phones, 1 car and many other evidences. At the Nghia Dan District Police Investigation Agency, the subjects were all evasive and denied their crimes.
However, faced with undeniable evidence, both subjects confessed to all their crimes. Specifically, from around April 2022 to the time of their arrest, they had committed 3 frauds to appropriate assets worth over 2 billion VND by exchanging Vietnamese currency for other foreign currencies via social networks.
