Two individuals arrested for using cyberspace to commit fraud.
The two individuals arrested urgently are Ma Quoc Tuan (born in 1983) and Pham Thu Hong (born in 1986) for the crime of "Fraudulent appropriation of property".
During the investigation, the An Giang Provincial Police determined that: Taking advantage of loopholes in HD SAISON Limited Liability Financial Company, headquartered in Ward 6, Binh Thanh District, Ho Chi Minh City (HD SAISON Company) in online lending through the "HD SAISON mobile app".
The two suspects, Ma Quoc Tuan and Pham Thu Hong (who lived with Tuan as his wife), sought out and solicited many customers in Cho Moi district, An Giang province, to borrow money, acting as intermediaries to borrow money from HD SAISON Company through the app.
Trusting Tuan and Hong, the people provided their personal information, including their citizen ID cards and photos, so that the suspects could process loan applications from the company. Tuan and Hong used their own phone numbers to register on the loan applications and open accounts to receive the money.misappropriation of moneyThis included both the company's funds and a portion of the customers' loans. After receiving the money, Tuan and Hong only gave the customers 25% of the amount stated in the loan contract, and they embezzled the remaining amount.
Using the above methods, from January 2024 to June 2024, Tuan and Hong collected personal information of 136 customers in Cho Moi district to borrow and embezzle over 3.2 billion VND from HD SAISON Company.
The case is currently being investigated and clarified by the Criminal Police Department of An Giang Provincial Police.
