Nearly 10,000 people fell into the trap of a gang that set up a Fanpage to scam 10 billion VND.
To deal with the authorities, the subjects have used many sophisticated tricks such as using bank accounts when conducting fraudulent transactions as "junk" accounts purchased online, registered with many different usernames...
On January 12, Hung Yen Provincial Police initiated a case and prosecuted 5 suspects for "Fraudulent appropriation of property" with an amount of more than 10 billion VND.
Previously, on January 6, the Criminal Police Department coordinated with the Department of Cyber Security and High-Tech Crime Prevention; the Department of Foreign Security under the Hung Yen Provincial Police and the Ha Long City Police, Quang Ninh Province to arrest and urgently search a group of subjects at the GreenBay Garden apartment building, group 31, Hung Thang ward, Ha Long city, Quang Ninh province for the act of using the Internet to defraud and appropriate property.
The arrested subjects include: Nguyen Van The (born in 1992, the ringleader); Ha Duy Thong (born in 2003), Tran Ngoc Lam (born in 1999), Dang Phuong Nam (born in 2000), Hoang Thi Minh (born in 2001), all residing in Tam Da village, Tam Da commune, Phu Cu district, Hung Yen province.
During the arrest, the Hung Yen Provincial Police Department seized 5 computers; nearly 10 smart phones with many junk SIM cards; and froze more than 20 bank accounts with large balances.
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Subjects: Nguyen Van The, Ha Duy Thong, Tran Ngoc Lam, Dang Phuong Nam, all residing in Tam Da village, Tam Da commune, Phu Cu district, Hung Yen province. |
At the police station, The confessed that since 2020, taking advantage of people's need to buy online on social networking sites, the subject has created Fanpages on Facebook with names such as "Smart household appliances", "EU Helen imported goods from France and Germany", "Min shop luxury store" ... advertising imported goods and selling them at cheap prices with the reason of clearance. When someone contacted to buy the goods, they asked the buyer to transfer a deposit or prepay for the purchase to bank accounts with different usernames because The had purchased them online. After the buyer transferred the deposit, the subject blocked the messaging on the page and at the same time appropriated the deposit without delivering the goods to the buyer.
To deal with the authorities, the subjects used many sophisticated tricks such as using bank accounts when conducting fraudulent transactions as "junk" accounts purchased online, registered with many different usernames. The collected money will not be transferred immediately to The's personal account but will be transferred to the website betlixi88.bet to buy virtual gambling points, then The sells the game money to the agent and receives Vietnamese Dong into his bank account.
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Nguyen Van The was identified as the mastermind in the case. |
Initial investigations determined that the number of victims was up to nearly 10,000 people, in many localities, with the amount of money embezzled being about 10 billion VND.
Currently, Hung Yen Provincial Police are continuing to investigate and clarify the case to handle it according to the provisions of law. In addition, Hung Yen Provincial Police request that people who have transacted with the group of subjects through the above Fanpages quickly contact the nearest police agency, or contact via phone number: 0988.561.979; 0973.700.359 to serve and support the investigation:
1. Account number 07047486101 opened at TPBank under the name DO THANH DAO
2. Account number 19036338282015 opened at Techcombank under the name TRAN VAN MANH
3. Account number 19036112058015 opened at Techcombank under the name NGUYEN TAN CHIEU
4. Account number 109873314970 opened at Vietinbank under the name LE PHUC HANH
5. Account number 1020340798 opened at Vietcombank under the name PHAM THI KIM PHUNG
6. Account number 1020162591 opened at Vietcombank under the name TRAN NGUYEN BICH MY
7. Account number 2010111100899 opened at MBBank under the name DAO MINH TRI
8. Account number 0583686399999 opened at MBBank under the name DAO MINH TRI
9. Account number 31010002344615 opened at BIDV Bank in the name of NGUYEN THI THUY AN
10. Account number 678915121996 opened at MBBank under the name TRUONG THI CAM THUY
11. Account number 10187192909 opened at Vietinbank in the name of NGUYEN TAN LOI
12. Account number 100870686472 opened at Vietinbank under the name DANG DONG QUAN.
