Arrest of a fraudster selling invitations to watch military parades and marches A80
On August 31, Hanoi City Police said that the Cyber Security and High-Tech Crime Prevention Department of Hanoi City Police had clarified the subject of fraud in buying and selling invitations and cards to attend the A80 event.
Previously, through the work of grasping the situation, the Department of Cyber Security and High-Tech Crime Prevention discovered that the Facebook account “Nguyen Thanh Nam” posted about buying and selling invitations and cards to attend the A80 event. After someone transferred money to buy invitations and cards, this Facebook account blocked contact and appropriated property.
From the collected information, the Cyber Security and High-Tech Crime Prevention Department, Hanoi City Police Department urgently took action. The verification process clarified that the scammer was NTN (born in 2008, residing in Ninh Binh province).
At the police station, N confessed that he needed money so he took advantage of the National Day holiday on September 2 to commit fraud and appropriate property. He himself did not have an invitation to the A80 event, but N downloaded an image of the invitation from the Internet, then used an editing software application to create trust in buyers that he had an invitation so that they could transfer deposits. Initially, the police identified the subject as having appropriated property from 8 people who wanted to buy invitations to the A80 event and related music programs.
The Department of Cyber Security and High-Tech Crime Prevention, City Police has handed over the subject to Hoan Kiem Ward Police to continue investigating and handling the subject according to the provisions of law.
Previously, on August 29, the Internal Political Security Department of the City Police discovered and coordinated with the City Police Investigation Agency to handle Phan Hanh Thuong (born in 1993, residing in Phu Thuong Ward, Hanoi) for fraud and appropriation of 135 million VND through the form of selling invitations to watch the A80 parade.
Hanoi City Police advise people to be extremely vigilant against the above tricks, absolutely do not believe in offers to buy and sell invitations and cards to attend the A80 event; acts of taking advantage of the A80 Anniversary for personal gain will be strictly handled by the authorities according to regulations.
