Impersonating officials, appropriating money by tricking people into applying for jobs and exporting labor
Having an education and having founded his own company, Nguyen Ky Linh later became deeply involved in fraud. Linh impersonated an official of the Nghe An Department of Education and Training and could apply for jobs and transfer schools for those in need. He also appropriated money from others through the form of deceiving people into sending them to work abroad.
From educated to con man
Nguyen Ky Linh (born in 1981), from Cam Binh commune, Cam Xuyen district (Ha Tinh), is an educated person. After graduating from university, Linh chose Vinh city (Nghe An) to start a career with many different jobs. Nguyen Ky Linh used to work in the training department of a technical secondary school. Later, Linh also established her own company to work, looking for opportunities to develop herself.
However, Linh's business was not as favorable as he had expected. When the debts increased, instead of finding a way to "solve" the difficulties, this person chose to commit fraud.
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Although he himself did not work at the Department of Education and Training of Nghe An province, did not know the leaders and some departments, agencies, and sectors, and was unable to get a job in a state agency, transfer schools, or "run" students into high schools, Nguyen Ky Linh lied that he could handle those things. Many victims, gullible, gave Linh money to help them get positions and get into high schools.
In November 2022, after graduating from Vinh Pedagogical University, Ms. Le Thi KL (residing in Nam Dan district) had not found a job yet, so when an acquaintance introduced her, she contacted Nguyen Ky Linh to discuss asking for a position as an official teacher in Vinh City.
During the meeting on November 9, 2022, Linh introduced herself as a staff member at the Nghe An Department of Education and Training and had many connections that could help her get a job. Because she trusted her, she gave Linh 150 million VND in advance along with her application for a job.
About 7 days later, Linh made an appointment with Ms. L. to go to the Vinh City People's Committee to submit her application for a position. But when they arrived, Linh told Ms. L. to stay outside the headquarters so that he could go in alone. A while later, Linh called Ms. L. and told her to go home first so that he could take care of things for her. However, Linh did not meet anyone to take care of things for Ms. L. and waited for her to leave before leaving the premises of the Vinh City People's Committee.
On November 21, 2022, Linh called Ms. L. to ask for more money to complete the staffing procedures. The next morning, Ms. L. and her father met Linh at a coffee shop and gave her another 100 million VND. Linh received the money and promised Ms. L. that after Tet, there would be a staffing decision. However, after receiving the money, Nguyen Ky Linh did nothing to apply for a teacher position for Ms. L. but used the money to pay off debts and spend it all.
Previously, in March 2020, Nguyen Ky Linh also committed fraud against Ms. Thai Thi C. (born in 1989), residing in Nghi Loc district, Nghe An. During the meeting, Linh introduced herself as working in the training department of a technical economic college, having many social relationships, and could help Ms. C. get a job as an accountant at Nghe An Mental Hospital for a cost of 380 million VND. Trusting her, Ms. C. later gave Linh 300 million VND in advance. However, after receiving the money, Linh did not do as promised but used it to pay off debts and personal expenses.
In addition to the above form of job fraud, Nguyen Ky Linh also appropriated money from people who wanted to go abroad to work. In October 2020, through an introduction, Mr. Dau Dinh H. (born in 1976), residing in Dien Chau district, Nghe An province, wanted to send his son to work abroad. At that time, Nguyen Ky Linh was the director of a company that has now ceased operations and made an appointment to meet Mr. H.
During the conversation, Linh promised Mr. H. that she would successfully send people to work abroad, at a cost of 12,000 USD (equivalent to 279 million VND). On October 23, 2020, after completing the paperwork, Mr. H. gave Linh 116 million VND to complete the procedures.
However, after receiving the money, Linh did not do as agreed but used it to pay off debts and personal expenses. Seeing that his son was not allowed to work abroad, Mr. H. urged him many times, but Linh gave many different reasons and then did not return the money.
After paying the money, the victims did not receive any notification from Linh about their job or about going to work abroad. They asked for their money back, but he avoided them. After that, they filed a complaint against Nguyen Ky Linh for his fraud.
The investigation agency determined that from March 2020 to July 2023, Nguyen Ky Linh used many deceitful tricks to defraud many victims in Nghe An and Ha Tinh. The total amount of money that Linh defrauded 8 victims was more than 1.28 billion VND.
At the recent trial of Nguyen Ky Linh for "Fraudulent appropriation of property", the defendant admitted his crime. The defendant stated that because of business losses and mounting debts, he was unable to pay. "The pressure of debt caused the defendant to commit the crime," the defendant stated in court.
The defendant stated that he felt remorseful for his repeated wrongdoings. He had said many times, “If only” he had stopped, things would not have gone as far as they have now. Now, when he has to appear in court, the defendant can only apologize to the victims and his relatives.
Tears of the Creator
Sitting quietly in the courtroom, the defendant’s parents and younger brother repeatedly wiped away their tears. They were saddened and regretful of Linh’s downfall. Before, Linh had been the pride and hope of the family.
The defendant’s mother choked up, although the family’s circumstances were not very good, they created conditions for their child to study and go to university. But after working, due to chasing the real estate “surfing” wave, Linh got into debt. Because they loved their child, they had to lend Linh the family’s “red book” to take care of the business. But then, the grandparents lost their biggest asset, so now they have to rent a house.
Angry and blaming their child, they could not bear to leave her alone. After Linh was arrested, the family borrowed money to partially compensate the victims in the case.
Seeing her son in such a difficult situation, the thin, miserable mother continuously covered her face with her hands and cried. She regretted the son who had once been their pride and worried about the future of her family. In a choked voice, she advised her son to try to reform himself so that he could soon return to start a new life.
With many mitigating circumstances such as honest confession, repentance, influencing the family to partially compensate for the damage to the victims, having a grandfather who was a martyr, and being awarded many Resistance Medals by the State, the People's Court sentenced the defendant Nguyen Ky Linh to 8 years and 6 months in prison for the crime of "Fraudulent appropriation of property". Regarding the civil part, the court ordered the defendant to compensate the victims.
The trial ended. When they saw their child being escorted to the car, the grandparents quietly ran after him, giving him a few brief instructions. They said they would soon arrange to visit their child in prison after the trial. Having said that, they both quietly left the court, blending into the crowd on an old motorbike – carrying with them their silent sadness and fragile hope for a child who had made a mistake.
