Arrest of a man impersonating a police officer to defraud and appropriate property in Nghe An

Impersonating police to trick two young men into taking their phones and money

(Baonghean.vn) - On the afternoon of May 30, Con Cuong District Police issued a notice to search for a subject who impersonated a police officer to take two phones and cash from two young men residing in the area.

On the afternoon of June 1, Anh Son District Police arrested Vu Anh Tuan (born in 1985), residing in Dang Son Commune (Do Luong), who impersonated a police officer and defrauded and appropriated property recently in Anh Son and Con Cuong districts.

At the end of May 2021, Anh Son District Police received a report from 3 high school students currently staying in Anh Son town about being defrauded by a subject impersonating a police officer.

According to the description, the criminal wore civilian clothes, a helmet, a mask, and a motorbike with a covered license plate, and went to the students' dormitories, impersonating the drug crime prevention police force investigating a case involving the students, asking them to hand over their phones to cooperate with the investigation. Then, the subject drove the students to a deserted area, left them behind, and fled with the students' mobile phones and cash.

Subject Vu Anh Tuan in Con Cuong district. Photo: Thai Hien

Faced with that situation, the leaders of Anh Son District Police quickly directed the Criminal Investigation Police Team on criminal, economic and drug crimes to establish a special project to fight. Using professional measures and reconnaissance measures, the Special Project Board identified the main subject as Vu Anh Tuan (born in 1985), residing in Dang Son Commune (Do Luong). Subject Tuan had 2 previous convictions for "Fraudulent appropriation of property". However, Tuan was often absent from the locality and had little contact with local people, thus causing difficulties in verification work...

While the task force was concentrating forces to arrest Tuan, at noon on May 29, 2021, they received information that in Con Cuong district, there were 2 cases of impersonating police officers to defraud and appropriate property with similar tricks. Recognizing that the above cases of impersonating police officers to defraud and appropriate property had many similarities, Anh Son District Police quickly coordinated with Con Cuong District Police to verify and arrest the subjects.

At 4:00 p.m. on June 1, when Tuan was on the bus to Vinh city to escape to Quang Tri (where his friend that Tuan had met in prison was), he was arrested by the Special Task Force in Thanh Chuong district. At the police station, Tuan confessed to all his crimes.

Currently, Anh Son District Police are continuing to fight and expand the case.