Arrest of a subject impersonating a reporter, lurking to film traffic police to blackmail

On the evening of September 24, Major Nguyen Phi Hai, Head of the Criminal Police Department (Ha Tinh Police) said that the unit had just coordinated with Thua Thien Hue Provincial Police to prosecute and temporarily detain Nguyen Truong Quang (31 years old, residing in Phu Loc district, Thua Thien Hue) to investigate the crime.Extortion, according to Article 170, Penal Code 2015.

According to the investigation, at around 8:00 p.m. on September 9, Quang prepared his camera and took a bus to Ky Anh town (Ha Tinh). Standing about 600-800 meters from the Southern Traffic Police Team (Ha Tinh Traffic Police Department), Quang turned on the camera to record the police's work. After finishing, the young man took a bus to Da Nang city to back up the documents to his personal computer.

The next afternoon, Quang called the Southern Traffic Police Captain of Ha Tinh Police, claiming to be Son, a reporter for a newspaper based in Ho Chi Minh City, saying that some policemen in the team had violated work procedures.

Continuously for three days from September 11 to 14, Quang is said to have asked the Traffic Police Captain for his email address to send the recorded clips. He asked that if he wanted to "forget it", he would have to transfer 140 million VND to the bank account he provided.

The Ha Tinh Traffic Police Department reported the incident to the Provincial Police Department. When investigating, the police determined that Quang was a freelance worker, not a reporter. On September 19, detectives discovered Quang at his home in Thua Thien Hue, so they rushed in and arrested him.

According to authorities, before blackmailing the Ha Tinh traffic police, using similar methods, Quang successfully carried out 4 cases of extortion of property from traffic police in Quang Tri province, Da Nang city, and Binh Dinh with a total amount of 250 million VND.