Arrested a group that forged 500 sets of vehicle documents, temporarily detained a series of luxury cars in Nghe An
(Baonghean.vn) - The initial investigation revealed that Tran Huynh Duc, residing in Nam Dan town (Nghe An), sold about 500 sets of fake vehicle documents to customers upon request, at a price of 4 to 6 million VND/set.
On July 9, 2021, Vinh City Police said: The Economic and Position Crime Investigation Police Team has just coordinated with Ha Dong District Police, Hanoi City to recover 5 luxury cars, all of which do not have legal documents and were made by the subjects in the ring.fake documentsCars for sale to those in need.
During the investigation, the police arrested and prosecuted two subjects, including Le Thi Hien (born 1984), residing in Vinh city, and Nguyen Huu Chien (born 1983), residing in Nam Dan district.
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Number of machines used in the process of forging documents (top photo); Tran Huynh Duc forged the signatures of agencies and organizations on fake car registration papers (bottom photo). Photo: Duc Vu |
Vinh City Police also learned that two other suspects in this ring, Nguyen Dinh Minh Lam (born in 1991), residing in Ha Dinh Ward, Thanh Xuan, Hanoi, and Tran Huynh Duc (born in 1995), residing in Nam Dan Town, were arrested and prosecuted by Ha Dong District Police, Hanoi City, for forging documents of an organization.
During the investigation, the police identified this as a car document counterfeiting ring led by Tran Huynh Duc (born in 1995), residing in Nam Dan town.
To effectively serve the investigation, Vinh City Police transferred suspect Tran Huynh Duc from the Investigation Police Agency of Ha Dong District Police, Hanoi City to Vinh City Police for temporary detention.
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Subject Tran Huynh Duc. Photo: Duc Vu |
At the police station, Tran Huynh Duc confessed that since around April 2020, he had been on social media ordering from an unidentified person about 30 million VND about 50 fake seals of vehicle registration and inspection agencies along with car document templates. Duc then used a computer, printer, and laminator to make fake documents himself.
During the initial investigation, it was found that Duc had sold about 500 sets of fake vehicle documents to customers upon request. Duc sold a set of fake documents to members of the ring for between 4 and 6 million VND.
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5 cars without legal papers, all using fake license plates. Photo: Xuan Bac |
Vinh City Police seized 16,000 blank car documents; 12 car registration and inspection papers; and many machines and equipment used to produce fake documents.
Currently, Vinh City Police are temporarily detaining 5 luxury cars to serve the investigation and verification.