The leader of the fake police ring called to threaten people, defrauded billions
(Baonghean.vn) - Although he was abroad, Phi still directed 3 other subjects in the country to carry out 5 phone scams, appropriating 3.3 billion VND from the victims.
On April 14, the Criminal Police Department of Nghe An Province Police said that the unit coordinated with the authorities of Luc Nam District (Bac Giang) to successfully persuade Nguyen Van Phi (born in 1990, residing in Bao Dai Commune, Luc Nam District, Bac Giang) to surrender.
Nguyen Van Phi is the leader of a ring of people impersonating police officers to make fraudulent phone calls and appropriate property from victims, most of whom were in Nghe An, in 2017.
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| Subject Nguyen Van Phi. Photo: PB |
In August and September 2017, the Criminal Police Department of Nghe An Province continuously received reports from many people about property appropriation by receiving phone calls from operators informing them of unpaid phone bills. When the victims confirmed that they did not owe any telecommunications bills, the subjects connected them to a number ending in 113.
A person claiming to be an investigator from the Ministry of Public Security informed them that they suspected these people of being involved in money laundering and illegal drug trafficking and asked them to secretly transfer all the money in their bank accounts to them to serve the investigation, along with a commitment to return the entire amount when the investigation was completed.
The total amount of money that the victims were robbed of by this trick was 3.3 billion VND.
After a period of investigation, on September 3, 2017, the Criminal Police Department arrested Pham Dinh Luan (born in 1993), Nguyen Huu Thu (born in 1991) and Pham Dinh Phi (born in 1999), all residing in Huong My commune, Luong Tai district, Bac Ninh. The subjects confessed that the leader of this ring was Nguyen Van Phi (Luan's wife's cousin), who is currently abroad.
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| Pham Dinh Luan, Nguyen Huu Thu and Pham Dinh Phi. |
Nguyen Van Phi, through social networks, asked Luan to find and buy bank accounts for 3 million VND/card. After the victims transferred money to the ATM card, the 3 subjects withdrew the money and transferred it to Phi, keeping only 20%. All steps in the process of fraud and property appropriation were carried out by Nguyen Van Phi, Luan, Thu and Pham Dinh Phi did not know.
Nghe An Police Department has prosecuted and issued a wanted notice for Nguyen Van Phi. After being persuaded by the authorities, Phi recently returned to his hometown and surrendered. The case is being investigated by Nghe An Provincial Police.
Regarding this case, in November 2018, Nghe An Provincial People's Court sentenced Pham Dinh Luan to 15 years in prison, Nguyen Huu Thu to 14 years in prison, and Pham Dinh Phi to 8 years in prison for the crime of "Fraudulent appropriation of property".
