Arrested subject threatening and demanding man to transfer 10 billion VND

On September 25, Thanh Tri District Police (Hanoi) announced that they had initiated a criminal case.prosecute the accusedand temporarily detained Nguyen Dang Nam (born 1998), in Hoai Duc district, Hanoi for the act of extortion.

The police determined that in July 2024, the victim NVT (in Hanoi) received a call from a strange man. Over the phone, this person introduced himself as the husband of a woman that Mr. T. had met during his work. The conversation revolved around the subject suspecting Mr. T. of having an illicit relationship with his wife.

Although Mr. T. explained and the subject could not provide evidence to prove that Mr. T. had a relationship with his wife, in the following days, Mr. T. was continuously "terrorized" both physically and mentally by the subject. The climax was the subject calling to threaten and demanding that Mr. T. transfer money to keep the information secret.

Fearing that it would affect his family happiness, personal honor and his current job position, Mr. T. was forced to follow the subject's request. On August 19, Mr. T. transferred 200 million VND to the subject.

But after receiving the money, the subject continued to ask Mr. T. to record a clip of Mr. T. and his wife's daily activities and send it to the subject. The subject intended to use this clip to control the victim.

Because the request was too much, Mr. T. did not accept, so the subject demanded that he transfer 10 billion VND, otherwise the matter would be made public for everyone to know. Angry at the subject's behavior, Mr. T. reported the incident to the police.

Using professional measures, the police identified the person who extorted money from Mr. T. as Nguyen Dang Nam and arrested him while he was receiving 500 million VND from the victim.

Working with the police, Nam confessed that due to jealousy and suspicion that his wife was having an affair with Mr. T., he had the intention of extorting his property.