Pretending to be a virtual currency 'expert', scamming tens of billions of dong from victims across the country
A subject in Ho Chi Minh City impersonated a reputable person in the virtual currency field to defraud and appropriate tens of billions of dong from many victims across the country.
On May 29, the Department of Cyber Security and High-Tech Crime Prevention – Da Nang City Police announced that it had identified a subject who had fraudulently appropriated assets on the internet by buying and selling virtual currency, with the amount of money appropriated up to tens of billions of VND from many victims across the country.
Previously, the unit received a report from Mr. TTA (residing in Da Nang) about being scammed out of 150,000 USD (equivalent to about 3.8 billion VND).
Through professional measures, the authorities identified the subject who committed the above act as HAV (residing in Ho Chi Minh City).
According to initial investigation results, from 2021 to present, HAV has created many fake social media accounts impersonating reputable people in the virtual currency community to infiltrate closed groups and large exchanges such as Binance, OKX, Bitget.
After approaching the person who wanted to transact a large amount of USD, the subject asked the victim to transfer money first and then immediately deleted all contact and appropriated the property.
The stolen virtual money was transferred through many intermediary wallets, posted on international exchanges using illegitimate accounts, and continued to be resold through other subjects to conceal the act and avoid being traced by authorities.
According to the police, V. has defrauded many victims in provinces and cities such as Da Nang, Binh Duong, Hanoi, and Ho Chi Minh City, with a total amount of up to tens of billions of VND.
Currently, the police have decided to prosecute the case and continue to investigate.
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