Man arrested for hacking Facebook accounts to commit fraud; 10 savings passbooks seized.
After hacking Facebook accounts to commit fraud, Nguyen Van Duc created 10 savings accounts to hide his assets.
On March 22, the Da Nang City Police announced that the Criminal Police Department had dismantled a fraud ring that used Facebook account hacking, arresting Nguyen Van Duc (31 years old, residing in Trieu Thanh commune, Trieu Phong district, Quang Tri province).
Previously, on March 14th, the police received information from Ms. Vu Thi T. (born in 1966, residing in An Hai Nam ward, Son Tra district, Da Nang city) regarding her daughter-in-law, who lives abroad, having her Facebook account hacked by an unknown individual.
This person impersonated Mrs. T.'s daughter-in-law, messaging her and claiming to offer money transfer services to overseas Vietnamese in Vietnam. The person asked Mrs. T. to transfer money to a client's relative, who would then transfer the money back to Mrs. T.'s daughter-in-law.
Because she trusted him, Ms. T. transferred 490 million VND to the account number provided by the perpetrator.
During the investigation, the police identified Nguyen Van Duc as the suspect.
During questioning, Duc confessed to using computer techniques to hack Facebook and gain control of the account. He then impersonated the account owner to contact and message relatives, friends, and acquaintances in their contact list, claiming to offer money transfer services... in order to "trap" them and steal their money.
To make it difficult for the police to track him down, Duc used game accounts to receive the fraudulent money.
Police have seized 6 mobile phones of various types, 154 million VND in cash, and 10 savings passbooks worth 1.3 billion VND from Germany.
