Pretending to be a bank employee to steal money from an account
Pretending to be a credit officer of MB Bank, Phung Dang Vu posted information on social media to support customers who needed to increase their credit card limit without any fees. Some gullible people had their money stolen by Vu.
On July 8, Cau Giay District Police (Hanoi) announced that they had prosecuted and issued a temporary detention order against Phung Dang Vu (born 2003), residing in Phuong Khe, Phu Phuong, Ba Vi, Hanoi, for the crime ofFraudulent appropriation of property.
According to investigation documents, on June 22, 2022, Phung Dang Vu used his phone to post in Facebook groups with the content: "MB supports business customers to open platinum cards; supports closing small cards, opening large cards for customers; supports increasing MB card limits. Anyone in need, please contact". After reading the information Vu posted on Facebook, on June 25, Ms. Nguyen Gia N (born in 1995), residing in Nam Phuong Tien, Chuong My, Hanoi, used the Facebook account "Gia Nhu Nguyen" to text Phung Dang Vu about the procedure.
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At around 11:00 a.m. on June 27, Vu asked Ms. N to come to a coffee shop on Tran Thai Tong Street, Dich Vong Hau Ward, Cau Giay District, Hanoi to guide and support the card making process. Here, Vu asked Ms. N to log into her bank account on the MB Bank application using Vu's phone. After Ms. N logged into her bank account using Vu's phone, Vu created a new password to log into Ms. N's bank account and then transferred VND 55,067,301 from Ms. N's account to Vu's account opened at MBBank to appropriate and use for personal expenses.
After discovering that her money had been stolen, Ms. N went to the Cau Giay District Police to report it. Using professional measures, the Cau Giay District Police clarified Pham Dang Vu's fraudulent appropriation of property. In addition, Vu confessed to having successfully carried out two other fraudulent appropriation cases using the same method.
The first incident happened behind My Dinh bus station, Nam Tu Liem, Hanoi. The amount of money Vu stole from the victim was about 85,000,000 VND. Currently, Vu does not remember the victim's information.
The second incident took place on May 18, 2022, in front of 215 Tran Quoc Hoan, Dich Vong Hau Ward, Cau Giay, Hanoi. The victim was Mr. Nguyen Dai D (born in 1991), registered in An Dong, An Duong District, Hai Phong City. The total amount of money Mr. D was embezzled by Vu was 35,887,131 VND.
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