Proposal to prosecute a group of bank employees in a fake document ring
A series of bank employees involved in a ring of counterfeiting seals and documents of state agencies have just been proposed for prosecution by the police.
On the afternoon of January 22, Dong Da District Police (Hanoi) announced that they had concluded the investigation into the case of counterfeiting seals and documents of state agencies involving bank employees.
The police agency proposed to prosecute two defendants Nguyen Huu Hoang and Dinh Tien Cuong for the crime of "Forgery of seals and documents of organizations".
In addition, there are 9 defendants proposed for prosecution for the crime of "Using fake documents of agencies and organizations": Tran Quoc Duong, Dinh Tien Cuong, Pham Thi Thanh Hoa, Ta Van Quyet, Le Thanh Huyen, Pham Thi Kim Oanh, Nguyen Thi Dung, Le Duc Cong and Pham Bao Quoc.
Among them, Dinh Tien Cuong was prosecuted for 2 crimes. The ring of counterfeiting seals and documents was led by Nguyen Huu Hoang (born in 1993, residing in Tay Ho district, Hanoi), a bank employee.
According to the investigation conclusion, in April 2023, Dong Da District Police received a report that a bank officer came to the headquarters of Nga Tu So Ward People's Committee, requesting verification of a business confirmation application with the name Tran Quoc Duong and handwriting, signature with the name of the leader, round seal of the Ward People's Committee...
Upon inspection, the People's Committee of Nga Tu So Ward discovered that the signatures, handwriting of the leaders' names and the seal were forged. Immediately upon receiving the information, the police began investigating, verifying and summoning a number of related people for clarification.
At the police station, Tran Quoc Duong (born in 1989, in Nam Tu Liem, Hanoi), the person whose name was on the fake documents, confessed that he needed to borrow capital for business so he used Zalo to text Dinh Tien Cuong (a bank employee) for loan advice.
However, because he had not registered his business yet, Duong asked Cuong for help. Cuong introduced Duong to a contact, Nguyen Huu Hoang, who ordered fake documents for 2 million VND.
After only a few hours, Duong received a set of documents certified by the People's Committee of Nga Tu So Ward. After that, Cuong continued to support Duong in using the fake documents to complete loan procedures.
Working with Nguyen Huu Hoang, the police determined that this person used printing and publishing equipment at home to "create" a confirmation form, then downloaded the image of the red seal of the People's Committee of Nga Tu So Ward and cut and pasted it into the application form. Once finished, Hoang printed the confirmation form and hired a "shipper" to deliver it to Duong.
During the search, the authorities seized 1 computer, 1 heat press, 1 printer, 100 seals of various state agencies, including 67 round seals of the People's Committees of wards, districts, police, banks, Department of Natural Resources and Environment, notary offices... and 5 suspected counterfeit documents of the bank.
In addition, Hoang confessed to having created a Zalo group with many members who are bank employees. The purpose of this group is to connect and receive fake documents so that these bank employees can help customers with loan applications. Hoang "prices" fake documents from several hundred thousand VND to 2-3 million VND; fake bank statements cost 3 million VND.
Hoang confessed that he noticed that many customers had difficulty completing loan applications because they could not get the required documents from the authorities. In addition, some bank employees, wanting to meet their targets, tried to find ways to help customers complete their applications to get loans. Therefore, Hoang created a network specializing in providing fake documents and selling them to these people.
Using the above methods and tricks, defendant Nguyen Huu Hoang directly forged 67 round seals of other agencies, organizations and individuals; profiting from the amount of over 253 million.
Since then, the police have arrested Nguyen Huu Hoang, Tran Quoc Duong, and Dinh Tien Cuong. During the process of expanding the investigation, the police have consolidated the case file to arrest 7 more subjects related to the act of "Using fake seals or documents of State agencies and organizations".
All 7 prosecuted subjects are employees of VPbank, Saccombank..., and credit institution collaborators.
