Prosecution of subjects illegally buying and selling bank accounts

On May 15, Binh Phuoc Provincial Police said that the Department of Cyber ​​Security and High-Tech Crime Prevention of the Provincial Police in coordination with Dong Xoai City Police had just broken up and arrested subjects with the behavior of "Collecting,illegal trading of bank account informationin the province.

The subjects' methods are often to post information on forums and social networking groups about renting or buying bank accounts or to approach low-income workers and people who lack legal knowledge to open bank accounts, then resell them to the subjects for about 500,000 VND/account.

After opening an account, the account holder must hand over the Internet banking login information, the phone SIM card used to register the account, the bank card, etc. to the subject. According to the police, 90% of the subjects buy or rent bank accounts to use for illegal acts, especially fraudulent appropriation of property.

Through the investigation, the police identified the perpetrators as: NTL (born 2000) and NTHN (born 1989, both residing in Nguyen Trai ward, Kon Tum city, Kon Tum province), LHH (born 2000, residing in Nghia Trung commune, Bu Dang district, Binh Phuoc province), NTĐ (born 2000, residing in Duc Nghia ward, Phan Thiet city, Binh Thuan province), PLHN (born 2001, residing in Tan Dinh commune, Bac Tan Uyen district, Binh Duong province), NLTV (born 2000, residing in Phuoc Hung commune, Tuy Phuoc district, Binh Dinh province).

From March 2023 to present, the above subjects have collected and bought and sold more than 300 bank accounts of many people in Binh Phuoc province and other provinces and cities across the country, then resold them to other subjects.

The Investigation Police Agency of Dong Xoai City Police has decided to prosecute the case, prosecute the accused, and issue a ban on leaving the place of residence for the subjects NTL, NTHN, LHH, NTĐ, PLHN, NLTV to investigate the crime of "Illegal trading of bank account information". As for the other subjects, the Police Agency is continuing to verify and handle.

Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Minh Hieu - Deputy Head of the Cyber ​​Security and High-Tech Crime Prevention Department of Binh Phuoc Provincial Police recommends that people absolutely do not engage in or assist those who illegally collect, store, exchange, or trade information about bank accounts. Renting, leasing, borrowing, or lending payment accounts, buying, or selling account information are illegal acts; assisting those who use them for criminal purposes will lead to many consequences.