Buying police uniforms and renting "quadruple digit" phone numbers to commit fraud.
(Baonghean.vn) - Banh Quoc Khanh bought police uniforms, took photos and posted them on social media, and rented "quadruple digit" phone SIM cards to scam many people, appropriating more than half a billion VND.
On August 2nd, the People's Court of Nghe An province held a first-instance criminal trial to hear the case against defendant Banh Quoc Khanh (born in 1993), originally from Nghe An province, residing in Phuoc An town, Krong Pak district, Dak Lak province, for the crime of "Fraudulent appropriation of property".
Despite lacking a stable job, Bành Quốc Khánh, with his glib tongue, repeatedly committed fraud through various means. Investigators determined that within a 7-month period, from May to December 2020, Khánh committed 17 acts of fraud.misappropriation of propertyThe people in Nghe An and Ha Tinh provinces contributed 587 million VND.
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| Portrait of fraud defendant Peng Guokang. Photo: Tran Vu |
Specifically, Khanh committed fraud 14 times against Mr. Nguyen VD (residing in Nghia Dan district) by selling jackfruit wood to him. To gain Mr. D.'s trust, Khanh sent him pictures and videos of jackfruit trees for sale at cheap prices. Despite being a businessman, Mr. D., being gullible, transferred 310 million VND to Khanh 14 times.
Bành Quốc Khánh also ordered a police uniform with the rank of Lieutenant online, then impersonated an officer from the Immigration Department of the Nghe An Provincial Police to swindle Ms. TTT (Hoang Mai town) out of 200 million VND. Khánh's scam involved boasting about his ability to secure a plot of land in Quynh Lap commune for Ms. T. Trusting Khánh's "police officer" image, Ms. T. gave him the money and lost it all.
In addition, Khanh also defrauded two other people in Ha Tinh by renting out premium "quadruple digit" phone numbers and then tricking them into believing he could secure construction projects.
At the trial, the defendant admitted to the crime. Khanh stated that all the money obtained through fraud had been spent. In front of the victims, the defendant offered an apology.
Considering the defendant's actions were dangerous to society, involving repeated acts of fraud and misappropriation of large sums of money, the court sentenced Banh Quoc Khanh to 10 years in prison. The court also ordered the defendant to return the misappropriated money to the victims (minus the amount already paid as compensation).
