Hacked Facebook accounts of more than 500 people to cheat them out of money to play games and buy Bitcoin
The subjects hacked the Facebook accounts of more than 500 people and impersonated the victims to defraud and appropriate a total of nearly 5 billion VND.
On the morning of June 21, the Criminal Police Department of Da Nang City Police announced that they were temporarily detaining Nguyen Quang Duc (born in 1995), Tran Le Quang Vu (born in 1996), Le Phuoc Thanh (born in 1987) and Nguyen Xuan Dung (born in 1987), all residing in Quang Tri province, to investigate and handle the act of fraud and property appropriation.
Previously, the Criminal Police Department of Da Nang Police received reports from a number of victims about their Facebook accounts being hacked and taken over by criminals. They then impersonated the victims to text and contact relatives on their friend lists to fraudulently borrow money. After verifying, the Criminal Police Department determined that the case had signs of the crime of "Using computer networks, telecommunications networks, and electronic means to commit acts of property appropriation", so they assigned detectives to collect information and identify the suspects.
Through professional measures, Da Nang City Police initially identified the above 4 subjects as being involved in many cases.hack facebookand defrauded hundreds of victims, so a special investigation project was established.
Through the investigation, the subjects confessed that from October 2022 to now, they have hacked more than 500 Facebook accounts and have defrauded hundreds of victims nationwide, appropriating nearly 5 billion VND. The subjects used the appropriated money to play online games and buy and sell Bitcoin.
The police also summoned TVL (born in 1993, residing in Ban Gian commune, Lap Thach district, Vinh Phuc province) to work, a Bitcoin trading hub that helps scammers launder money.
The case is currently being further investigated by the Criminal Police Department of Da Nang City Police./.
