Impersonating a police officer to defraud and appropriate more than 1 billion VND
The police have prosecuted and temporarily detained Mai The Dung (born 1968) to investigate and clarify the act of fraud and property appropriation.
Previously, Tra Vinh Provincial Police received a report from people that a person used a Zalo social network account to make friends and claimed to be working in the police force, having many relationships with provincial leaders and the Director of Tra Vinh Provincial Police.
The victim trusted the subject and transferred more than 1 billion VND to the subject many times to ask for a relative working in the police force. After receiving the money, the subject deleted all information so that the victim could not contact and appropriate the said amount.
AgencyinvestigateCollected all documents, determined that the case was related to Mai The Dung (residing in Long Huu commune, Duyen Hai town). Through working measures, the Investigation Agency discovered and arrested Mai The Dung when he was hiding in Mo Cay Nam district (Ben Tre province).
Tra Vinh Provincial Police request that anyone who is a victim or related to the fraud of defendant Mai The Dung in the above case, directly contact the Investigation Police Agency of Tra Vinh Provincial Police (Criminal Police Department), address: Nguyen Minh Thien Street, Hamlet 1, Ward 7, Tra Vinh City, Tra Vinh Province, phone number: 02943.842.974 or directly contact Investigator Trinh Hai Vinh via phone number: 08.3939.7999 to coordinate the investigation.
