Female director embezzled more than 5.6 billion VND by tricking people into working in Korea

On July 14, Nghe An Provincial People's Court opened a first-instance criminal trial of defendant Duong Thi Hue (born 1985), residing in Thua town, Luong Tai district (Bac Ninh) for the crime of "Fraudulent appropriation of property".

Duong Thi Hue is the Director of Global Happinees Company Limited, headquartered in Bac Ninh City. After that, Hue's company was granted a certificate of self-funded study abroad consulting services, but was not licensed to operate in the field of sending Vietnamese people to work abroad in general and Korea in particular.

In 2017, the company suffered losses and lost the ability to pay debts, so Hue committed many fraudulent acts to appropriate other people's money.

Taking advantage of her acquaintance with Ms. Nguyen Thi Ho (born in 1951, residing in Vinh City, Nghe An) and Ms. Nguyen Thi Xuyen (born in 1989, residing in Bac Giang Province), Hue gave false information.

This female director affirmed that her company is capable of sending workers abroad with a total cost of 6,000 USD. Workers only need to submit documents including: ID card, household registration book, passport. If she successfully introduces a person to work in Korea, Hue will deduct a commission of 1,000 to 2,000 USD.

Defendant Duong Thi Hue. Photo: Tran Vu

To gain the trust of Mrs. Ho and Ms. Xuyen, Hue invited these two people directly to the company. When they arrived at the company, Mrs. Ho and Ms. Xuyen saw that many people were studying Korean, so they trusted Hue and the company's function of sending people to work in Korea.

Therefore, Ms. Ho and Ms. Xuyen informed their relatives and friends that if anyone needed to contact them, they would help them go to Korea to work. From there, Hue took advantage of these people to commit fraud.

The investigation agency determined that from the end of 2017 to October 2021, Duong Thi Hue took advantage of her acquaintance with Ms. Nguyen Thi Ho and Ms. Xuyen to defraud and appropriate money from 41 people with a total amount of more than 5.6 billion VND. Hue's victims were from all provinces and cities from Nghe An, Ha Tinh, Quang Binh...

At the trial, the defendant admitted to committing fraud as charged in the indictment. The defendant confessed that due to business losses and debts, he had the idea of ​​committing fraud by sending people to work abroad. The victims attending the trial demanded that their money be returned.

After the trial, the People's Court sentenced defendant Duong Thi Hue to 18 years in prison for fraud and property appropriation, forcing the defendant to return the money she had appropriated to the victims./.