Arresting a multi-provincial group of fraudsters, appropriating hundreds of billions on cyberspace

On December 24, Quang Binh Provincial Police said that after a period of investigation, the Department of Cyber ​​Security and High-Tech Crime Prevention and Control and the Provincial Police Investigation Agency had identified 9 subjects involved in the acts of forging images, papers, documents, buying, selling, exchanging fake bank accounts and fraud.appropriation of propertyon cyberspace

During the investigation, Quang Binh Provincial Police coordinated with Dong Thap Provincial Police and Hanoi City Police to summon 6 suspects including: Nguyen Hoang Tan Tai (born 2003), Truong Thi TL (born 2007), Vo Chi Cong (born 2001), Truong Dinh Hoang (born 2006), Pham Van Quyen (born 2001) and Nguyen Van Sang (born 2004), all residing in Quang Ninh district, Quang Binh.

This is a group of people who specialize in "hacking" Facebook accounts, then texting to buy goods and pay with fake transfer bills to scam.

At the same time, the subjects also sought to buy fake bank accounts with names matching the hijacked Facebook accounts to impersonate, send fraudulent messages or borrow money.

During the investigation, the authorities summoned Vu Ngoc Mai and Vu Duc Giang (born in 1993, residing in Dong Da district, Hanoi). These two subjects took advantage of loopholes in banks to create a series of fake accounts, then sold them for prices ranging from 50,000 to 300,000 VND/account.

To date, the amount of transactions in the accounts managed by Mai and Giang has reached 32 billion VND, of which 2 "junk" accounts serving the fraud have appropriated nearly 8 billion VND. The investigation agency estimates that the amount of law violations related to these fake accounts could be up to 100 billion VND.

In Dong Thap, the crime-solving force summoned Vo Huu Nhan (born in 2004, residing in Cao Lanh district). Nhan was responsible for creating and managing a series of websites providing services for forging transfer receipts, images of citizen identification cards, passports, driver's licenses and transfer transaction emails.

Through verification, the websites managed by Nhan attracted 89,710 user accounts, made 247,757 fake transfer invoices and created 33,479 fake citizen identification cards.

The investigation team seized many exhibits including: 5 computers, 10 mobile phones, 1 device for keeping "junk" SIM cards, 301 "junk" SIM cards, 32 bank accounts, fake website databases, and many other evidences.

Quang Binh Provincial Police have detained 9 related subjects for further investigation and handling according to law.