Buying a position, a provincial official lost tens of billions to a super scammer.

Last month, the court in Anshan city (China) tried Trinh X Tien for fraud and sentenced Tien to life in prison.

During the trial, the court clarified Tien's crimes, including defrauding people who wanted to advance in their careers. Among those who were defrauded by Tien, the most notable was Wei Junxing, Deputy Secretary General of the Liaoning Provincial Committee. Tinh lost more than 22 million yuan (77 billion VND) to Tien without any results.

Wei Jun Xing

On December 9, “The Paper” (Beijing) published an article exposing the story of Wei Junxing being tricked out of money to buy a position. Wei Junxing was born in 1955, from Liaoning, graduated from Liaoning Textile University, grew from a technical officer in the textile industry, to become the Director of Kaiyuan Textile Factory.

In 1997, Tinh was appointed as Deputy Mayor of Kaiyuan, in February 1999 he was Assistant Mayor of Tieling, but in January 2001 he returned to Kaiyuan to serve as Secretary. In June 2006, Tinh was transferred to Tieling to serve as Standing Committee Member of the Municipal Party Committee, in December 2010 he moved to Jinzhou to serve as Deputy Secretary, Deputy Mayor and then Acting Mayor, in January 2011 he was elected Mayor of Jinzhou, in November 2011 he was transferred to serve as Deputy Secretary General of the Liaoning Provincial Committee.

According to Tien's testimony, after sitting in the position of Deputy Secretary General of the provincial committee, Tinh found that this position was "just a name without substance" and not easy to earn, and because he was old, he openly expressed that he "wanted to return to Thiet Linh or to Doanh Khau to be the Secretary or director of a department to have a happy ending".

Tinh confided in Guo Tiefeng, the Director of the Kaiyuan Finance Bureau. Feng told Tinh that he had met Jin, an antique dealer from the same hometown as Liaoning but living and doing business in Beijing. Jin often boasted of knowing many big leaders, including the “Head of the Central Organization Department”. Tinh then met Jin through Feng in the hope of buying a position. In early 2013, Jing gave Jin 3 million yuan in turn, and also gave Jin’s wife a watch worth 240,000 yuan.

By June 2013, Tien informed Tinh that the purchase of the position was secure, and asked Tinh to transfer 5-10 million to the leader of the Central Organizing Committee. Tinh immediately brought 10 million NDT to Tien, but the decision to transfer the position was still pending. Before the Chinese National Day (October 1), Tinh told Tien that he was old and if he was not appointed this time, he would not have another chance. Tien asked Tinh to give him another 10 million NDT, but "the money went, but the position did not come back".

Impatient and disappointed, Tinh decided to give up and urged Tien to return the money. After much delay, in January 2014, Tien only returned 9.5 million NDT to Tinh and said that the remaining amount had been spent on buying antique vases and rosewood items to give to related people.

The case of Wei Junxing using money to buy a position was discovered by the Liaoning Discipline Inspection Commission and the clues were transferred to the police. In June 2015, Tien was arrested in Tianjin and then transferred to Liaoning for prosecution and trial. The Anshan Court concluded that Tinh's purpose in giving Tien money was very clear, which was to seek promotion. Tien defrauded Tinh and appropriated a large sum of money. The court sentenced Tien to life in prison and a fine of 1 million yuan.

Regarding Nguoi Tuan Tinh, Phu Thuan Court has accepted the case according to the prosecution decision of the City Procuracy, but up to now, the trial results have not been announced.

According to VNN