Prosecution of husband and wife for fraud 'practicing to become immortals', appropriating more than 80 billion VND

On February 26, the Criminal Police Department of Dak Lak Province Police said that the unit had just prosecuted and temporarily detained for 4 months Nguyen Anh Tuan (1986) and his wife Nguyen Thi Nho (1988), both residing in Quarter 8, Tan An Ward, Thu Dau Mot City, Binh Duong Province to investigate the act of "fraud and appropriation of property".

According to the initial investigation results, in 2021, during the practice, Tuan and his wife saw many people with very good economic conditions wanting to quickly practice to "soon attain enlightenment", so they had the intention of defrauding and appropriating property.

After going to Dak Lak and buying more than 6 hectares of agricultural land in village 3, Ea Khal commune, Ea H'leo district, Tuan and his wife asked the victims to pay money to build an ancestral temple and 6 rooms for religious practice. At the same time, they introduced many items that they said would help them practice quickly to attain enlightenment and soon "become immortals".

These items are sold widely on the market at very cheap prices, but Tuan and his wife exaggerate that they are very rare due to their age and have been blessed by many monks around the world, then sell them to the victims at exorbitant prices.

To create more trust, Nho also created many email accounts impersonating masters and nuns who had attained enlightenment, become immortals, had the ability to separate their souls and travel around the world, and move objects with magical powers to send messages to lure and force victims to buy items for their practice.

In addition, Tuan and his wife also hired people to bury the items in different locations on the above land and lied to the victim that the master used magic to move them from abroad. At the same time, they hired someone to pretend to be the master "Hoang Milan" to come and teach Buddhism.

Because of trust, many victims spent tens of billions of dong to buy Tuan and his wife's items for their religious practice. Tuan and his wife bought these items for the highest price of 250 million, then defrauded and sold them to the victims for the highest price of more than 5 billion dong.

During the emergency search, the police seized 10 land use right registration certificates; 3 savings cards worth nearly 12 billion VND; 1 car worth 2.7 billion VND, more than 100 million VND in cash; 2 motorbikes; many gold jewelry and hundreds of religious objects such as maces, swords, necklaces, unicorns, and enamel roosters...

Up to now, the Criminal Police Department of Dak Lak Province Police has clarified that the couple Tuan - Nho used the trick of practicing to attain enlightenment to defraud and appropriate more than 80 billion VND from Mr. HVG and his wife (formerly residing in Hai Ba Trung District, Hanoi; then moved to Village 3, Ea Khal Commune, Ea H'leo District) and Mr. NTL (residing in Hai Ba Trung District, Hanoi).