Using plain water advertised as 'chemical to make iron brittle' to cheat 200 million from a trader
Using plain water for advertising, Vang Chung San and Lo Van Chung swindled a Chinese businessman out of more than 200 million VND.
Lai Chau Provincial Police confirmed on the evening of March 9 that the Investigation Police Agency had detained Vang Chung San (39 years old, from Lao Cai) and Lo Van Chung (44 years old, from Dien Bien) for the crime offraud and appropriation of property.
On March 5, Mr. Tran Kim Dong (61 years old, Chinese nationality) went to Ma Lu Thang border gate, Phong Tho district, Lai Chau province to receive a bottle of “iron embrittlement chemical”. The chemical bottle was advertised as having the ability to turn solid metal into fragments in a split second.
Before that, Mr. Dong watched a livestream on WeChat and saw San doing a fake experiment. In the video, San dropped a few drops of solution on an iron nail, and in a short time, the sturdy nail was easily broken.
Mr. Dong then spent 60,000 yuan (about 210 million VND) to own the above technology. However, upon receiving the goods and carefully checking them, Mr. Dong discovered that the chemical bottle he bought was just an ordinary liquid. Mr. Dong quickly reported the incident to the police.
The Criminal Police Department, Lai Chau Provincial Police presided over and coordinated with Working Group No. 4 in Phong Tho district and the Traffic Police Department to develop a plan to verify and arrest the subject.
At 7:30 p.m. on March 5, at Lai Ha Bridge, Le Loi Commune, Nam Nhun District, Lai Chau, the task force stopped the taxi carrying Vang Chung San. Upon inspection, the police discovered a handbag containing 6 bundles of money, totaling 60,000 Yuan.
Expanding the case, the police continued to arrest Lo Van Chung, San's accomplice. At the investigation agency, Vang Chung San confessed: "I know Chinese so I got to know a Chinese person through WeChat. He told me to film a video advertising a chemical that makes metal brittle to sell to customers in China. The chemical bottle was actually just plain water."
Lo Van Chung said: “At first, San sent a photo of the chemical bottle via WeChat and asked me to order it. I called an acquaintance in Laos to help me order it. When the goods arrived, I contacted San to deliver them. San told me that if he could scam the above amount of money, after deducting the cost, he would give me half.”
The investigation agency determined that both subjects had planned in advance, ordered fake plastic bottles and staged videos to defraud the victims.
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