Dismantling a transnational money laundering ring

By sophisticatedly forging identity cards, the subjects in Trang's ring opened a series of accounts at different banks to illegally withdraw money from Taiwan and send it to Vietnam...

On November 16, 2015, the Investigation Police Agency - Hanoi City Police received a criminal report from the Vietnam Construction Joint Stock Commercial Bank, Hanoi branch, about the bank discovering a customer showing signs of using a fake ID card to withdraw money at the bank.

The Investigation Police Agency quickly clarified that the subject using the fake ID card to withdraw money was Hoang Anh Quang, born in 1992, residing in group 25, Trung Hoa ward, Cau Giay district, Hanoi.

Two days after arresting Hoang Anh Quang, the authorities continued to receive a complaint from Ms. Nguyen Thi Thom, residing in Tan Binh District, Ho Chi Minh City, about a number of people using a strange phone number to call her, pretending to be police officers, defrauding and appropriating 700,000,000 VND.

Le Thi Huyen Trang - The leader of a fraud and money laundering ring in Vietnam

Based on Quang's statements and through investigation and verification from Ms. Thom's report, the authorities have dismantled the entire fraud and property appropriation ring led by Le Thi Huyen Trang, born in 1982, residing in Ngoc Lam ward, Long Bien district, Hanoi city.

Accordingly, in 2000, Le Thi Huyen Trang went to work in Taiwan (China) and met a Taiwanese man named Tran. After Trang returned to Vietnam, Trang and Tran kept in regular contact via the internet. Through their conversations, Tran invited Trang to join Tran's money laundering "program" and although she knew the money was illegal, Trang still agreed to participate.

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Trang invited Ho Ngoc Duong (born in 1974), residing in Phu Thuong ward, Tay Ho district, Hanoi, Nguyen Hong Hai, born in 1972, residing in Vinh Phuc ward, Ba Dinh district, Hanoi and Nguyen Dinh Viet Anh, born in 1992, residing in Thanh Tri district, Hanoi to join.

Through discussion with Le Thi Huyen Trang, the subjects made 3 fake ID cards with Hoang Anh Quang's photo, then asked Quang to open accounts at different banks to withdraw money. Each time the withdrawal was successful, Quang would receive 1% of the total amount withdrawn.

Using this method, since November 9, 2015, Tran has transferred money four times with a total amount of more than two billion VND to Vietnam. After Quang withdrew the money, Le Thi Huyen Trang kept 23% of the total amount withdrawn to divide according to the previously agreed ratio, the remaining amount was directed by Tran to be transferred to a subject named Lin Ren Feng.

On the fifth withdrawal, when Hoang Anh Quang brought a fake ID card under the name Nguyen Anh Tuan to withdraw seven hundred million VND at the Construction Bank from an account under the name Nguyen Thi Thom, he was arrested by the police.

Currently, the Investigation Police Agency - Hanoi City Police has initiated a case, prosecuted the accused, and temporarily detained 5 subjects Le Thi Huyen Trang, Ho Ngoc Duong, Nguyen Hong Hai, Nguyen Dinh Viet Anh and Lin Ren Feng to continue investigating and expanding the case.

According to Anninhthudo