Temporarily detain the owner of the hui who defrauded and appropriated more than 50 billion VND
On February 3, the Investigation Police Agency of Tra Vinh Province prosecuted and temporarily detained Nguyen Thi Cam Nguyen (born in 1983, residing in Ward 7, Tra Vinh City) to investigate the act of "Fraudulent appropriation of property".
After a period of being the head of a rotating savings and credit association, Nguyen has built up a reputation with many people. By 2021, Nguyen had opened many more rotating savings and credit associations (including daily, three-day, weekly, half-monthly and monthly rotating savings and credit associations) with values ranging from VND500,000 to VND50 million.
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The subject was arrested. |
On November 5, 2021, Nguyen collapsed and then fled. At the time of the collapse, Nguyen had 130 hui chains. About 200 hui members filed a complaint against Nguyen for fraud and appropriation of about 50 billion VND.
The investigation agency has verified and found the case to be particularly serious, with large property losses, public concern and public outrage. On January 14, the Provincial Police Department's Investigation Police Agency issued a decision to initiate criminal proceedings and establish a special project to focus on the investigation and clarification.
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Authorities conducted a search and seized many related documents. |
Through the investigation period up to January 18, the investigation agency has collected enough evidence to determine that Nguyen's actions constituted the crime of fraud and appropriation of property, so they initiated prosecution and issued an order to temporarily detain the defendant.
On February 2, the investigation agency arrested Nguyen in Ben Thanh ward (District 1, Ho Chi Minh City).