Exposing the trick of a 22-year-old man who manipulated land ownership certificates.
To pay off debts and cover personal expenses, Dinh Hoai Nam (Nghia Dan) concocted a series of real estate transactions using fake land ownership certificates, repeatedly ensnaring numerous victims and swindling hundreds of millions of dong.
Setting a loan trap using fake land ownership certificates.
Between December 2023 and January 2024, Dinh Hoai Nam (born in 2003), residing in Nghia Hung commune, Nghia Dan district (Nghe An province), due to business losses, stock market investments, and online cryptocurrency trading, conceived the idea of defrauding and appropriating property.
Although he did not own any land, Nam forged a land use right certificate in his name with code DH211316 on map sheet 51 to mortgage with Mr. Tran XD (born in 1973), residing in Nghia Dan district (Nghe An province), to borrow 150 million VND. At the time of the transaction with Nam, Mr. XD did not know that the document was fake; he only saw that the information on the citizen identification card and the land use right certificate matched, so he lent Dinh Hoai Nam the money.
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Similarly to the above scheme, Dinh Hoai Nam continued to use the fake land use right certificate numbered DG219139 to send to Mr. Ho HT (born in 1985), residing in Quynh Luu district (Nghe An province), to borrow money under the pretext of buying an apartment with his aunt. At the same time, Nam also filmed a video of someone else's land to make Mr. HT believe that the land belonged to Nam and accept the loan of 250 million VND.
However, in order to borrow the money, Mr. HT requested Nam to go to the notary office to complete the land transfer procedures as agreed. Since no signs of forgery were detected, the notary office prepared the land use rights transfer contract according to its regulations. Through this, Mr. HT requested Nam to write a promissory note, stating that if the debt was not repaid on time, he would be granted the land use rights himself, and simultaneously transfer 250 million VND to Nam as promised. All the money that Dinh Hoai Nam embezzled from the victims was spent by Nam for personal use.
From creditor to defendant
Besides the two victims mentioned above, several other victims were also defrauded by Dinh Hoai Nam through land transactions or loans secured by land mortgages. Furthermore, to avoid revealing his identity too much, Nam also collaborated with other individuals to carry out these scams.Cheat.
Having met through some social connections, in September 2023, Dinh Hoai Nam asked to borrow money from Truong Minh Nam (born in 1995), residing in Nghia Mai commune, Nghia Dan district (Nghe An province), to invest in land, promising a substantial profit. Lacking the funds readily available, Minh Nam readily agreed to let Hoai Nam use two plots of land he owned as collateral to borrow 140 million VND.
In early 2024, needing money to go abroad, Minh Nam asked Hoai Nam to return a land ownership certificate so he could sell it to pay off his debt. Constantly being pressured to repay the debt, Dinh Hoai Nam ordered a forged land use right certificate online, numbered DG219147, under the name Truong Minh Nam. After obtaining the forged documents, Nam contacted Le AT (born in 1987), residing in Thai Hoa town (Nghe An province), with the intention of mortgaging the land use right certificate to borrow 300 million VND. Hoai Nam promised that if he couldn't collect the debt, Le AT could divide the land into five plots to sell.
Knowing that the land use certificate was fake, Truong Minh Nam still proceeded with the procedures to transfer the land use rights to Le AT. However, when Le AT transferred the money, Dinh Hoai Nam claimed that Truong Minh Nam did not have a bank account to receive the 300 million VND. After receiving the money, Dinh Hoai Nam continued to spend it on himself and told Truong Minh Nam that he would get the remaining certificate and pay later. However, a few days later, Hoai Nam reported that Le AT no longer wanted to lend him the money and would return the documents.
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Hoai Nam then forged another cover similar to the one he had given to Le AT and used it as collateral to borrow 100 million VND from Dau Thi C. (born in 1988), residing in Quynh Luu district, Nghe An province. On the same day, Dinh Hoai Nam also showed the forged cover to Truong Minh Nam and arranged another meeting to sign the agreement.transfer deedFor Ms. C.
According to the case file, between December 2023 and January 2024, Dinh Hoai Nam forged five land use right certificates through a social media account. The defendant used these forged documents to defraud four victims of 850 million VND, with Truong Minh Nam as an accomplice in defrauding one victim of 300 million VND.
After a lengthy day of deliberation, on the morning of May 22nd, the People's Court of Nghe An province sentenced defendant Dinh Hoai Nam to 13 years and 6 months in prison for "Fraudulent appropriation of property" and 3 years in prison for "Using forged documents of an agency or organization," for a total sentence of 16 years and 6 months.
Regarding Truong Hoai Nam, there was a mitigating circumstance: he had persuaded his family to compensate the victim, Le AT, with 200 million VND, which led the victim to submit a request for a reduced sentence. Based on the overall case, the Panel of Judges decided to sentence the defendant Truong Hoai Nam to 7 years in prison for the crime of Fraudulent Appropriation of Property and 3 years in prison for the crime of Using Forged Documents of an Agency or Organization, for a total sentence of 10 years in prison.
