Arrest of the leader of a gang impersonating judicial officers, defrauding and appropriating more than 200 billion VND while hiding in Cambodia
Le Minh Dung is an especially dangerous wanted criminal, the leader of a gang of Vietnamese people abroad who impersonated judicial officials, defrauded and appropriated property of Vietnamese people across the country with hundreds of billions of dong.
On August 28, the Criminal Police Department of Nghe An Province Police said that the unit had just coordinated with related units to successfully crack a case, arresting a particularly dangerous wanted suspect, the ringleader.gang impersonating judicial officials defrauded and appropriated property of Vietnamese peoplewhen this subject was hiding in Cambodia.
Previously, in February 2024, after a period of establishing a special project, Nghe An Provincial Police arrested nearly 80 subjects in a ring impersonating police officers and prosecutors to make fraudulent phone calls, appropriating more than 200 billion VND from many victims across the country. This is one of the largest special projects ever eradicated by Nghe An Police related to the crime of fraud and appropriation of property on the internet based abroad.
During the process of expanding the investigation, the Police identified the ringleader, who colluded with foreigners to establish and operate the above-mentioned transnational property fraud company, as Le Minh Dung (born in 1992), residing in Dong Tien commune, Thanh Hoa province.
Immediately after the fraud gang was eliminated by Nghe An Police in 2024, with the support and concealment of foreign "bosses", Le Minh Dung went into hiding in the special economic zone of Cambodia, continuing to establish and operate new fraud gangs, making the process of arresting them very difficult.
On October 24, 2024, the Investigation Police Agency (Criminal Police Department) of Nghe An Provincial Police issued a wanted decision for Le Minh Dung.
Determined to arrest the especially dangerous wanted subject to strictly handle the crime, to deter other subjects who are currently committing crimes, and at the same time, not to let the subject continue to commit the crime of defrauding Vietnamese people or fleeing to a third country, causing difficulties in arrest, under the direction of the leadership of Nghe An Provincial Police, after a period of monitoring, on August 22, 2025, the Criminal Police Department established many working groups, synchronously applied professional measures, presided over and coordinated with relevant units to successfully arrest Le Minh Dung for the crime of "Fraudulent appropriation of property" when this subject was hiding in Cambodia and escorted him back to the country for handling according to the provisions of Vietnamese law.
Currently, the Criminal Police Department of Nghe An Province is investigating the case and handling the subject according to regulations.
