Impersonating a government official to defraud billions
The subject claimed to work in the police, army... to get acquainted with many women, after being in love for a while, then committed fraud and property appropriation.
On February 5, Colonel Lam Van Long - Deputy Director of Binh Phuoc Provincial Police said that the functional units of the Provincial Police had solved the case.Fraudulent appropriation of property"Inter-provincial by means of claiming to be government officials to commit fraud.
Through the management of the area, the Criminal Police Department of Binh Phuoc Province Police discovered a subject with suspicious signs of committing the crime of "Fraudulent appropriation of property". The subject claimed to be a police officer, soldier, acquainted with many comrades with positions and powers, working at central and local agencies; could apply for jobs, apply for licenses, borrow large sums of money from banks, even "run cases"... the purpose was to defraud people of love and money.
Through verification, the police identified the subject as Nguyen Nhu Luc (born in 1968, living in Ward 13, District 10, Ho Chi Minh City). On November 14, 2023, Ms. Nguyen TB (born in 1970) and Mr. Nguyen NM (born in 1973), both residing in Dong Xoai City, Binh Phuoc Province, went to the Criminal Police Department to file a complaint against Nguyen Nhu Luc for "Fraudulent appropriation of property". In which, Ms. B. was defrauded by Luc of 1 billion 622 million VND through Ms. B. asking for a loan from the bank, and Mr. M. was defrauded of 500 million VND through asking for a license to open a car dealership.
On November 17, 2023, the Investigation Police Agency issued an emergency detention order and an emergency search of Nguyen Nhu Luc. Subject Luc confessed to his crime as stated in the complaint of the two victims above. Through searching Nguyen Nhu Luc's residence, the police agency seized many documents and evidence demonstrating the subject's criminal acts. At the same time, they seized many identity cards, citizen identification cards, and driver's licenses of Nguyen Nhu Luc, suspected of being fake documents. In his phone, Nguyen Nhu Luc also saved his wife's name, the names of acquaintances with names of police officers, the Court, the Procuracy... so that when these people called, the subject would show them to the "prey" to "trick" them into making it easier to defraud.
In addition to the two times of committing fraud to appropriate property of Ms. B. and Mr. M. in Binh Phuoc province, Luc also confessed to using many different tricks to commit fraud to appropriate property of 7 other people in provinces and cities across the country, the total amount of money Luc confessed to appropriating was over 9.4 billion VND.
Regarding methods and tricks, Luc provided fake information such as working at Party and State agencies at the central and local levels; being the director of companies; currently working as a police officer, soldier... knowing many comrades with high positions, working at ministries, departments, branches, and agencies from the central to local levels, so he could "run cases", apply for jobs, apply for licenses and certificates; borrow large sums of money from banks... with the purpose of appropriating money. On November 22, 2023, the Investigation Police Agency decided to prosecute the case, prosecute the accused and issue a 4-month detention order for Nguyen Nhu Luc to continue investigating and expanding the case.
The “prey” that Luc targets are gullible, trusting women aged 30 to 50 years old, with good economic conditions. Luc has been committing crimes for a long time, always calculating and preparing in advance, operating professionally, finding every way to approach and get acquainted, creating feelings of love before defrauding. Luc has committed many cases of “Fraudulent appropriation of property” with huge sums of money in many areas of other provinces and cities across the country.
