Lost 1.1 billion VND because of the scam of going abroad to do nails
(Baonghean.vn) - Before the promise of a high-paying nail job in the US, Nhung's family agreed to let their son go abroad. However, that was just a drama created by Nguyen Thi Thu after she was unable to pay her debts.
On the morning of March 11, Nghe An Provincial People's Court opened a first-instance criminal trial of Nguyen Thi Thu (born 1977), residing in Hung Tay commune (Hung Nguyen) for the crime of "Fraudulent appropriation of property".
At the end of 2017, due to borrowing money from many people and being unable to pay, Nguyen Thi Thu had the idea of deceiving Ms. Dang Thi Nhung (residing in Hung Dong commune, Vinh city) to appropriate the money.
Knowing that Mr. Tran Van Ngoc (Ms. Nhung's son) wanted to work in the US, Thu went to see Ms. Nhung and said that a relative in the US would help her son work there with a cost of 30,000 dollars, a job painting fingernails and toenails, with a salary of 50 - 60 million VND. Hearing that, Ms. Nhung agreed.
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| Defendant Nguyen Thi Thu at the trial. Photo: Tran Vu |
In February 2018, because she had the intention of defrauding money, Thu went to Ms. Nhung's house to give her information that she had to prove her assets if she wanted to apply for her son to go to the US. Thu told Ms. Nhung to give her the Land Use Rights Certificate to Thu to do the mortgage procedure at the bank. Trusting Thu, Ms. Nhung gave Thu the land title in her and her husband's name. Afraid of being discovered, Thu told Ms. Nhung and her husband to introduce Thu as their daughter when doing transactions with the bank. Trusting her, Ms. Nhung listened to Thu's words and was given a loan of 800 million VND by the bank.
Then, using many other excuses, Thu continued to ask Ms. Nhung to give her another 300 million VND. Thus, the total amount of money that Nguyen Thi Thu defrauded from Ms. Nhung was 1.1 billion VND.
At the trial, the defendant admitted to the crime. The defendant stated that he used all the money he had embezzled from the victim to pay off debts and for personal expenses.
The panel of judges determined that the defendant’s actions were dangerous to society and therefore required a severe punishment. Considering the case as a whole, the court sentenced Nguyen Thi Thu to 15 years in prison for “fraudulent appropriation of property”. In terms of civil matters, the defendant was required to compensate the victim a total of VND1,116 billion (including principal and bank interest).
