Cyber scam causes 282 customers to lose money from credit cards
From September 29, 2022 to March 13, 2023, Bang, Minh Tin, Hoang Tin, Duyen and Anh used computer networks, telecommunications networks, and electronic means to appropriate money from 282 customers, with a total amount of nearly 420 million VND...
On July 1, at the end of the first instance trial, the People's Court of Phu Yen province sentenced five defendants for "Using computer networks, telecommunications networks, and electronic means" to commit property appropriation.
The five defendants sentenced to prison include: Huynh Luong Bang (born in 1996, residing in Tuy Hoa City, Phu Yen) to 2 years and 6 months in prison; Luong Minh Tin (born in 1996, residing in Phu Lam Ward, Tuy Hoa City, Phu Yen) to 2 years in prison; Luong Hoang Tin (born in 1989, residing in Tuy Hoa City, Phu Yen) to 1 year and 3 months in prison; Pham Thi My Duyen (born in 2001, residing in Quy Hau, Hoa Tri, Phu Hoa, Phu Yen) to 1 year in prison; Huynh Thi Ngoc Anh (born in 1999, residing in Le Loi Ward, Quy Nhon City, Binh Dinh) to 6 months in prison.
According to the case, due to unemployment, in September 2022, Bang and Minh Tin discussed taking money from customers by converting money from credit cards to ATM cards. Bang in Ho Chi Minh City searched for and provided information including names and phone numbers of customers who were issued credit cards by banks, prepared a consulting script for customers, and sent it to Minh Tin.
Minh Tin returned to Phu Yen to rent a house, buy equipment, including tables, chairs, and laptops for operation; recruited 13 employees and instructed them to advise customers according to the script provided by Bang.
To be able to transfer money from customers' credit cards to ATM cards, Bang's group had to register real business stores on the electronic intermediary payment portal Nganluong.vn of Nganluong Joint Stock Company and MPOS of MPOS Joint Stock Company.
From September 29, 2022 to March 13, 2023, in Phu Yen province and Ho Chi Minh City, Bang, Minh Tin, Hoang Tin, Duyen and Anh used computer networks, telecommunications networks, and electronic means to appropriate money from 282 customers, with a total amount of nearly 420 million VND...
The defendants returned a total of more than 330 million VND, of which Bang paid 100 million VND, Minh Tin paid 80 million VND, Hoang Tin paid 70 million VND, Duyen paid 128 million VND, and Anh paid nearly 40 million VND.
Minh Tin's employees were hired to work on demand and were paid monthly, but these people did not participate in the money transfer activities and did not know the method, purpose, or amount of money embezzled, so they were not accomplices.
