Fraudulent recruitment tricks

(Baonghean.vn) - Having worked at a labor export company, Dinh took advantage of his acquaintances to use tricks to recruit workers and appropriate property. Many victims had to borrow money from the bank to give to Dinh but were still not assigned jobs as promised.

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Arriving at court early, Mr. Tran Xuan Tung, resident of Thanh My commune, Thanh Chuong district, could not hide his sadness. For more than a year, his family has been restless as they do not know when they will be able to repay the more than 100 million VND borrowed from the bank. Today (February 21) is the day the Provincial People's Court will try the case of property fraud in which he is the plaintiff. The subject brought to trial is Nguyen Van Dinh, born in 1985, resident of Hamlet 9, Nghi Phong commune (Nghi Loc).

According to documents, in 2012, Nguyen Van Dinh worked at a labor export company in Vinh City. Taking advantage of his acquaintances and to have money to spend for personal purposes, Dinh had the idea of ​​appropriating money by creating an account "vieclamnghean123", then posting content about needing to recruit workers with the purpose of having workers come to apply for jobs and apply to work abroad. During the period from April 2014 to December 2015, Dinh defrauded and appropriated the property of 6 people with a total amount of 845 million VND.

Defendant Nguyen Van Dinh in court. Photo: Hoang Lam

Previously, in June 2015, through an acquaintance, Mr. Tung got to know Nguyen Van Dinh (residing in Hamlet 9, Nghi Phong Commune, Nghi Loc District). Dinh boasted that he had many acquaintances so he could get a job for his daughter who had just graduated from the Banking Academy to work at a hospital in Vinh City. Like 'drowning with a stake', Mr. Tung called Dinh and was told by Dinh that the cost of getting a job for Mr. Tung's daughter to work as an accountant at a hospital was 150 million VND. If he agreed, he would have to deposit 50 million VND.

Just a few days later, at an acquaintance’s house, Mr. Tung gave Dinh 50 million VND and a set of documents to apply for a job for Mr. Tung’s son. With the intention of appropriating Mr. Tung’s money, Dinh repeatedly tricked Mr. Tung into giving him another 100 million VND. In total, the amount of money Dinh appropriated from Mr. Tung was 150 million VND.

However, Mr. Tung was not the only victim who was scammed by Nguyen Van Dinh using sophisticated tricks. Dinh himself used to work in a labor export company. Taking advantage of his relationships with many people, Dinh came up with the idea of ​​appropriating money by creating the account “vieclamnghean123” and posting content about recruiting workers with the aim of tricking workers into applying for jobs. Dinh also posted his phone number to lure the “prey” into the trap.

In April 2014, by chance, while online, Ms. Pham Thi Le (resident of Tan Ky district) read information on the page "vieclamnghean123" with the content, there was a job position at Nghia Phuc Commune Health Station (Tan Ky). Calling the phone number on the page, Le met Dinh and was informed that the cost of applying to work at Nghia Phuc Commune Health Station was 100 million VND, with a deposit of 50 million VND.

After listening, Ms. Le agreed and started to borrow money to apply for a job. Just a few days later, Ms. Le came to Dinh's house in Hamlet 9, Nghi Phong Commune and gave Dinh 50 million VND and a job application. However, after receiving Ms. Le's money, Dinh did not keep his promise and used the money for personal expenses. Because he was afraid that Ms. Le would file a complaint with the police, Dinh paid Ms. Le 20 million VND.

In the same way, Nguyen Van Dinh also cheated Mr. Cao Doan Hai, resident of Hanh Lam commune, Thanh Chuong district, out of 250 million VND. In April 2015, Nguyen Van Dinh went to photocopy documents at a store in Vinh city and bought a set of application documents for the People's Public Security force. In May 2015, taking advantage of having this application document, Dinh came up with the intention of defrauding and appropriating other people's money. Dinh posted on the account "vieclamnghean123" with the content "need to recruit state drivers" and posted 2 phone numbers on the website Chovinh.com.

After posting, Mr. Cao Doan Hai called Dinh. Through the phone, knowing that Mr. Hai wanted to apply for a driving job for a state agency, Dinh agreed and arranged to meet Mr. Hai at a coffee shop in Vinh City. After the two met in Vinh City, Dinh said that there was a driving position available in the Provincial Police, the cost was 250 million VND, if agreed, a deposit of 100 million VND would be required.

The next day, Mr. Hai and his sister met Dinh at a coffee shop to discuss work. Here, Dinh tricked Mr. Hai into saying that he knew the leaders of the Provincial Police and promised to get Hai a job as a driver in the Provincial Police. To make Mr. Hai and his sister trust him, after receiving the money, Dinh went out and said he would give the money to the leaders of the Provincial Police. After returning, Dinh told Mr. Hai that he had given the money to the leaders and tricked them into saying that they had received it, and that Mr. Hai would definitely get the job. In the following days, Dinh continued to use tricks to get more money from Mr. Hai, totaling 250 million VND, but did not do as promised and used it for personal expenses.

Because the victims were desperate to get their money back but were unable to pay, they fled the area. On August 10, 2016, Nguyen Van Dinh realized his crime and returned to his hometown and surrendered to Nghi Loc District Police in the hope of receiving leniency from the law.

Although he has cheated many people out of hundreds of millions of dong, Dinh said that if he had the chance, he would continue to cheat others to have money to spend. “At first, I created an account on social networks to cheat people out of money, but I didn’t think it would be that easy. When I saw many people asking for money, I was afraid of being reported to the police, so I returned some of the money to the victims. I spent the rest of the money so I couldn’t pay anymore,” Dinh testified in court.

For his illegal acts of fraud and property appropriation, the People's Court sentenced Nguyen Van Dinh to 11 years in prison and ordered him to compensate the victims for the entire amount of money he had appropriated.

Nguyen Hung