Woman arrested for impersonating police lieutenant to defraud over 1 billion VND
Defendant Pham Thi Lung pretended to be a police officer of Ca Mau province to defraud many people of more than 1 billion VND.
On April 22, the Investigation Police Agency of Ca Mau Province Police has just prosecuted and detained for 4 months the accused Pham Thi Lung (34 years old, residing in An Xuyen commune, Ca Mau city) to investigate the act of "Fraudulent appropriation of property".
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Defendant Pham Thi Lung. Photo: Ca Mau Police Portal |
According to the initial investigation, in 2016, the defendant Lung met a woman in Ca Mau. At that time, the defendant Lung introduced himself as Pham Kim Lien, working at the Ca Mau Provincial Police.
To gain trust, the defendant Lung sent a photo of himself in People's Security uniform, with the rank of lieutenant, with a name tag and number, to the woman. After seeing that the woman trusted him, the defendant Lung asked to borrow money from the victim to solve personal matters.
Using this trick, the defendant Lung defrauded many people in Ca Mau province, appropriating more than 1 billion VND./.
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