Woman arrested for renting self-driving cars and selling them
Police determined that Hoang Thi Huyen had financial difficulties so she came up with the idea of renting a self-driving car, then selling and mortgaging it.
The police of Bac Tu Liem district, Hanoi said that this agency has initiated a case and prosecuted the accused Hoang Thi Huyen (born in 1979, in Nhan Chinh ward, Thanh Xuan district) to investigate the crime of fraud.appropriation of property
Police determined that Ms. Hoang Thi Huyen did not have a stable job and was having financial difficulties, so she came up with the idea of renting a self-driving car and pawning it to get money for personal expenses.
On April 25, Huyen rented a Mazda 6 car from Mr. H., in Kim Giang ward, Thanh Xuan district. She paid a deposit and 42 million VND for 15 days of car rental.
Afterwards, Mr. H. brought the car to Huyen's house in Phuc Dien ward, Bac Tu Liem district to deliver and sign the car rental contract. Because she wanted to redeem another car, Huyen asked D. (unknown background) to find a customer to trade Mr. H.'s Mazda 6.
When finding a car buyer, Mr. NMT in Thanh Xuan district, Huyen asked LN in Tu Lien ward, Tay Ho district to come to the transaction and write a loan paper for 250 million VND.
On October 11, because Huyen did not pay the rental fee and did not return the car, Mr. H. went to look for the car himself and discovered that Mr. T. was using the car. Realizing that Huyen's behavior had signs of crime, Mr. H. and Mr. T. went to the police station to report.
At the investigation agency, Hoang Thi Huyen confessed all of her actions as above.
In addition, Huyen also rented a number of cars and then pawned them to get money to use or redeem other cars... With this trick, Huyen appropriated 13 cars to get money for personal expenses.
