Man forges 12 land sale contracts to embezzle over 8 billion VND.
Having been asked by an acquaintance to buy land, Nguyen Van Hop forged 12 contracts to defraud victims of over 8.2 billion VND.
According to the case file, around March 2022, Nguyen Van Thanh (39 years old, residing in Lan Gioi commune, Tan Yen district, Bac Giang province) came to Dak Lak province to invest in real estate and became acquainted with Nguyen Van Hop (40 years old, residing in Krong Jing commune, M'Drak district, Dak Lak province).
During this time, because he was busy working in Hanoi, Mr. Thanh asked Hop to act on his behalf to find sources and negotiate with landowners.
However, due to his need for personal expenses and to repay debts to many people, Hop came up with the idea of embezzling money from Thanh.
To carry out the scheme, Hop drafted 12 fake land purchase and sale deposit contracts for households in Cu Kuin district (Dak Lak province), then forged the signatures of both the seller and the buyer. Afterward, he himself affixed his fingerprints over the forged signatures.
After completing the fake contract, Hop took a picture of it with his phone and sent it to Thanh via Zalo, then requested that he send money to pay the land seller.
Because of his trust, from March 22, 2022 to May 31, 2022, Mr. Thanh transferred a total of over 8.2 billion VND to Hop.
Hợp used all of this money to pay off debts, interest on bank loans, and to buy land for himself.
After a period of investigation, on the morning of June 13th, the Criminal Investigation Agency of the Dak Lak Provincial Police issued a decision to prosecute and order the temporary detention of Nguyen Van Hop for 4 months to investigate the act of "fraudulent appropriation of property".
