"Fake police" go online to hunt for information to trick people into getting away with a crime

Reading in the newspaper that someone was about to be brought to court, Thong tried to approach the victim's family to trick them into running away from the sentence.

On April 9, Bac Lieu Provincial Police issued an order to detain Le Van Thong (36 years old, residing in Vinh Long) for the act of Fraudulent appropriation of property. The victim was Ms. Le Thi Thien in Hong Dan district, Bac Lieu.

Information at the investigation agency. Photo: Nhat Tan.

According to the investigation agency, Thuong usually reads online newspapers to see news about security and order. When he sees that someone is about to be brought to court, he tries to approach the victim's family and claims to be a police officer.

Ten days ago, Thong, a lieutenant, came to see Mrs. Thien and said that he was an officer at the detention center of Vinh Loi District Police (Bac Lieu). Because her husband was in trouble with the law there, when Thong asked her to "fix the case", the woman wanted to be helped.

Thong then sent the victim’s family his personal account number. Although his family was poor, Mrs. Thien still borrowed 5 million VND to transfer to Thong. After receiving the money, the person impersonating the police turned off his phone to cut off contact with the victim.

Realizing she had been cheated, Ms. Thien filed a complaint with the investigation agency. Thong was later arrested by the police while hiding in Ca Mau.

According to Zing