Pretending to be the leader's son to trick people into applying for a job

Claiming to be the son of a department leader of the Ministry of Defense, many people gave Linh money to get things done so he could pocket nearly 700 million VND.

According to the indictment, in 2010, Mr. Dan and Mr. Hoan met Bui Manh Linh (born 1991, Hoang Mai district, Hanoi) in a part-time training class.

In 2014, Linh introduced himself as having a biological father who was the Director of the Criminal Investigation Department - Ministry of National Defense and a father-in-law who was the Deputy Head of the Central Internal Affairs Committee.

Linh boasted that he had the ability to get a job in the Ministry of Defense. Because of the need, Mr. Dan approached Linh. Linh agreed to let Mr. Dan work at the Helicopter Service Airport of the 18th Army Corps and was given the rank of Lieutenant.

Linh at the court of first instance

The subject offered a job application fee of 350 million VND, with a deposit of 100 million VND. After receiving the full amount, Linh gave the reason that he could get the rank of Captain, with an additional cost of 100 million VND. Mr. Dan trusted Linh and gave him the money.

To make his classmates trust him, Linh gave Dan his army captain rank and a breastplate.

A few days later, the subject continued to call, saying that the decision to go to work had been made and demanding an additional 10 million VND in bribes to get the decision. Out of suspicion, the victim took Linh to the police station to report.

In a similar manner, Linh took the money of two other victims, totaling 315 million VND, to work at the detention camp.

He even scammed his girlfriend’s friends. He used the fake name Thai Hoc Linh and claimed to work for military intelligence, so he could apply for a job at a government agency.

Because of trust, the 3 victims transferred 120 million VND to apply for jobs at Nghe An Post and Telecommunications and Vinh City Tax Department.

In particular, Linh also called the victims to come to take the civil service exam at VNPT Nghe An. However, when they arrived, he took them to a nearby coffee shop and gave them the civil service exam questions downloaded from the internet. After the victims submitted their papers, Linh also suggested that they enclose an envelope with 3 million VND.

When the deadline came and he did not show up for work as promised, the victims called to urge him, but Linh kept delaying.

At the investigation agency, Linh confessed that because he needed money to spend, he made up a story about his father being a high-ranking official to receive money from the victims. As for the military-style uniforms, collars, shoulder pads... he bought them from a woman he did not know on Le Duan Street for 250,000 VND.

Regarding the decisions on acceptance and recruitment of VNPT Nghe An, Vinh City Tax Department..., Linh stated that he drafted, printed and stamped them himself. The total amount of money the defendant appropriated from the victims was 688 million VND. Recently, the Hanoi People's Court sentenced this defendant to 9 years in prison for the crime of Fraudulent appropriation of property./.