Lost money because of trusting fake police

(Baonghean.vn) - At first glance, Nguyen Xuan Luong does not have anything outstanding, even looks dull and unapproachable. However, just by selling saliva, under the guise of being a Department-level police officer, he has appropriated nearly 800 million VND from his victims.

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The trial of Nguyen Xuan Luong (born in 1985), residing in Dien Thai commune, Dien Chau district, in addition to the victims' representatives, there were also some relatives of Luong's family present. Luong's grandfather sat motionless looking up at the panel of judges, Luong's grandmother (over 80 years old) like a hard-to-break habit of old ladies in the countryside, sat with both legs up on the chair, leaning against the wall. The old lady's haggard appearance made the court security officer not dare to remind her. Seemingly knowing that she was not sitting properly according to the court's regulations, the old lady put her legs down on the chair, her face covered in a layer of mist.

“I don’t understand why Luong did that. When the matter was settled, the whole family was shocked. Who would have thought he was so reckless and greedy. We sympathize with his grandparents and parents, so we contributed some money to help the victims. We hope they will have mercy and reduce his sentence so he can start a new life,” said one of Luong’s uncles.

The late moment of regret of the police impersonator

Luong's family could not believe his crime. Because, at first glance, he did not give the other person an impression or trust. However, with just a few words, he could make others pay, even hundreds of millions of dong, then "the defendant is too good". Because, even the law enforcement officers did not think that the victim was so gullible and trusting.

Luong only finished 9th grade, then dropped out, got married, had 3 children, and had no job. He also did not understand the function of Department C45 - Ministry of Public Security, only vaguely heard on the radio and knew that it was an important unit in the people's police force, so wherever Luong went, he "bragged" that he was Nguyen Van Hung, working at the Department. Once, he even bragged too much, claiming to be close acquaintances with the Major General Director of Department C45, whose wife was the niece of the Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee.

Apart from vague introductions that, according to Luong, "whoever believes it, believes it", he never appears in a police uniform or any items related to this force, but somehow Luong's victims believe it all.

In March 2013, Luong committed his first scam, promising to help a graduate from Yen Thanh get a job in a government agency for 200 million. After receiving the full amount of money and making several promises, Luong revealed his true identity as a scammer. He returned 40 million to the victim, but kept putting off the remaining 160 million.

Defendant Nguyen Xuan Luong at trial

While waiting to pay the debt, he continued to commit fraud and appropriate property using similar methods. He even promised to help a teacher from Dien Chau become the Vice Principal of the place where he was working. Nguyen Xuan Luong's fraud was exposed when Luong agreed to "take care" of the police force for the son of Mr. HQ V., who was at that time a soldier serving a limited term in the People's Public Security Forces. This time, he was willing to pay 300 million VND. After giving Luong 5 million VND to take care of gifts to "clear the way", the victim became suspicious and reported to the police. On August 13, 2016, Luong went to Mr. V.'s house to get money and was discovered and arrested by the Dien Chau District Police.

The investigation agency determined that from 2013-2016, Nguyen Xuan Luong defrauded and appropriated 779.4 million VND from 7 victims.

At the trial, Nguyen Xuan Luong admitted to the crime as stated in the indictment. Considering the aggravating and mitigating circumstances, the panel sentenced Nguyen Xuan Luong to 8 years in prison for "Fraudulent appropriation of property", and ordered him to reimburse the victims for the entire amount of money he had appropriated.

Nguyen Xuan Luong is in prison, his young wife has three small children, and paying off the debt for the victims seems impossible. Luong's victims at this time can only blame themselves for being so gullible that they became easy prey for the "fake" criminal police officer.

Nhu Binh