Prosecution of 'teacher' who appropriated money from students learning to drive cars

To have money to spend, under the name of being a teacher at a driving training center in Vinh city (Nghe An), Tran Van Tri (born in 1991), residing in Nam Dan town, Nam Dan district, posted recruitment information with a commitment to "guarantee passing" the theory test if registering to study driving at the center through Tri; at the same time, he collected money for his own study.driving license, with the amount from 12 - 20 million VND/person.

However, Tri did not register the money that students paid for him and did not pay it to the center, but used it for personal expenses. After receiving money from many students, Tran Van Tri went into hiding in the southern provinces.

Realizing that Tran Van Tri's behavior showed signs of committing the crime of "Fraudulent appropriation of property", causing public outrage, Tan Ky District Police established a special project to fight. After a period of monitoring and applying synchronous professional measures, Tan Ky District Police successfully broke the project, arresting Tran Van Tri for the act of "Fraudulent appropriation of property" while the subject was hiding in Bien Hoa city, Dong Nai province.

On June 9, 2024, Tan Ky District Police prosecuted Tran Van Tri for "Fraudulent appropriation of property". At the police station, Tran Van Tri admitted to all criminal acts. Initially, the police determined that with the above tricks, from 2021 until his arrest, Tran Van Tri had fraudulently appropriated the property of many students who wanted to learn to drive cars in Tan Ky, Thanh Chuong, Nam Dan districts... with an amount of more than 200 million VND.

Regarding the act of fraud through learning to drive a car, at the end of May 2024, Tan Ky District Police arrested and prosecuted Nguyen Van Hung (born in 1992), residing in Quang Xuong District, Thanh Hoa Province, for defrauding and appropriating property of many people with an amount of more than 300 million VND.

Currently, Tan Ky District Police are continuing to investigate and expand the case. The Police Department informs that any victims of the Tran Van Tri case should immediately contact Tan Ky District Police for coordination and resolution.