Young man in Nghe An arrested for renting a self-driving car to sell, mortgage debt to get money to spend
(Baonghean.vn) - With mounting debts, Nguyen Duc Trinh rented two cars to drive a taxi to pay off his debts. However, he pawned the two cars and sold them for 407,500,000 VND. After spending all the money, he fled the area due to his inability to pay his debts.
According to the case file, at the end of January 2019, Nguyen Duc Trinh (born in 1992), residing in Van An hamlet, Van Dien commune, Nam Dan district, signed a contract to rent a silver Toyota Innova self-driving car with license plate 37A - 202.26 from Ms. Pham Thi Sao M. (born in 1969), residing in Xuan Khoa block, Nam Dan town, Nam Dan district.
Around May 2019, because he did not have money to pay the debt of 207,500,000 VND he had previously borrowed from Mr. Dinh Xuan Q. (residing in Nam Dan town), Trinh mortgaged the above car to Mr. Q. to pay the debt.
After that, Trinh continued to take advantage of Ms. M's trust to rent another Chevrolet Cruze car with license plate 37A - 432.13. After a period of using this car for taxi purposes, due to mounting debts, on May 18, 2019, Trinh sold this car to Mr. Nguyen Ba Th. (residing in Nam Thai commune, Nam Dan district) for 200 million VND.
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| Subject Nguyen Duc Trinh. Photo: Bao Nguyen |
Trinh did not pay back the debt but used it for entertainment and personal expenses. When he was no longer able to pay the debt, Trinh fled the area.
According to the asset valuation conclusion, the Chevrolet Cruze car with license plate 37A - 432.13 is worth 180 million VND; the Toyota Innova car with license plate 37A - 202.26 is worth 220 million VND.
As for the car owner, Ms. Pham Thi Sao M., when the deadline for returning the car and the rental fee came, Ms. M. called and tried to meet Trinh many times but could not reach him. Knowing that she had been scammed, on June 4, 2019, Ms. M. went to the Nam Dan District Police to report that Nguyen Duc Trinh had taken her car.
After collecting and consolidating documents and evidence proving the crime, on September 30, 2019, the Investigation Police Agency of Nam Dan District Police initiated a case and prosecuted the defendant Nguyen Duc Trinh for the crime of "Abuse of trust to appropriate property".
Because the subject had fled the locality, on October 17, 2019, the Investigation Police Agency of Nam Dan District Police issued a wanted decision No. 806/CSDT-DTTH against Nguyen Duc Trinh for the crime of "Abuse of trust to appropriate property".
After verifying the source of information, Nam Dan District Police detectives discovered that Nguyen Duc Trinh was staying in a rented room in Hue City. On December 4, 2019, Nam Dan District Police coordinated with the Criminal Police Department of Thua Thien Hue Province Police to raid the rented room and arrest Nguyen Duc Trinh.
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| Nam Dan District Police officers take statement from suspect Nguyen Duc Trinh. Photo: Bao Nguyen |
The subject was immediately transferred to the Nam Dan District Police Headquarters. At the police station, Nguyen Duc Trinh confessed to all of his crimes.
Currently, the Investigation Police Agency of Nam Dan District Police is completing the case file to handle the subject according to the provisions of law.
