The 'sick parents' scenario and the 10 gold taels scam from a close friend
Seeing that Mrs. Th. was gullible, Pham Anh Nguyet gave a lot of false information such as her parents were sick and needed money for treatment, and needed to make a "red book" to borrow gold and money. Nguyet used the money she had scammed to pay off debts and for personal expenses.
On August 28, Nghe An Provincial People's Court opened the first instance trial of defendant Pham Anh Nguyet (born 1992), residing in Tam Dong commune, Nghe An, for the crime of "Fraudulent appropriation of property”.
According to the case file, Pham Anh Nguyet went to Vinh City (old) to rent a booth to sell fruits and got to know Ms. Pham Thi Th. (born in 1960). Seeing that Ms. Th. was gullible, Nguyet came up with the idea of fraud.
At first, Nguyet gave the reason that her parents were sick and had to go to the hospital for treatment, so she needed money. Every time she borrowed money or gold, Nguyet wrote a loan note to Mrs. Th.
Later, due to business losses, borrowing money from many people and being urged to pay the debt, Nguyet made up another excuse. Nguyet gave false information that her parents had given her a 22-hectare forest land plot in Thanh Chuong district (old) and were in the process of transferring the ownership to her, and needed money to complete the procedures. Nguyet said that someone wanted to buy the land and promised that after selling the property, she would return the money to Ms. T. and give her some money.
Believing Nguyet, from February 25, 2024 to April 16, 2024, Ms. Th. gave 100 million VND and 10 taels of gold (at the time of valuation, the gold was worth more than 691 million VND) to Nguyet. Nguyet took the gold to gold shops to sell to get money to spend and pay off all her debts.
After learning that she had been deceived by Nguyet, Ms. Th. filed a complaint with the police. Based on the victim’s complaint, the police arrested Pham Anh Nguyet. Because Nguyet was pregnant at the time, she was released on bail.
At the trial, the defendant admitted to the fraud as charged in the indictment. The defendant stated that because he saw that Ms. Th. was trusting and easygoing in lending money, he committed the fraud many times. The defendant stated that he had used the money he had swindled to pay off the debt for buying fruit and for personal expenses.
After the incident was discovered, the defendant influenced the family to compensate Ms. Th. more than 260 million VND. The victim requested the defendant to return the remaining amount.
The panel of judges determined that the defendant’s actions violated the law and violated the property of others. The defendant was a person with full criminal capacity but used deceitful behavior to defraud the victim, so he should be severely punished.
Considering the case as a whole, the panel sentenced defendant Pham Anh Nguyet to 11 years in prison for "fraudulent appropriation of property". In civil matters, the court ordered the defendant to return the money to the victim (minus the amount of compensation already paid).
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