Borrowed a car from an acquaintance to mortgage, used the money to gamble online

(Baonghean.vn) - On November 10, defendant Nguyen Hai Dang (born in 1980, residing in block 13, Ha Huy Tap ward, Vinh city) was sentenced by the People's Court of Nghe An province to 8 years in prison for the crime of "Abuse of trust to appropriate property".

According to the indictment, due to their cousin relationship, at about 2:00 p.m. on April 2, 2017, Nguyen Hai Dang called Le Viet Kim Ngan (born in 1991, residing at 216 Nguyen Sy Sach Street, Vinh City) to ask to borrow a car for 2 days "to go to work".

Ms. Ngan’s family agreed to lend Dang the Toyota Vios. At around 2:30 p.m. the same day, Dang went to Ms. Ngan’s house to get the car. During the car borrowing process, neither party did any paperwork.

Defendant Nguyen Hai Dang in court. Photo: Phuong Thao

After the 2-day deadline, Ms. Hanh did not see Dang return the car, so she called Dang to ask but the phone was unreachable. When she arrived at Dang's house, the family said that Dang had left home since April 2, 2017, and the family did not know where Dang went or what he was doing.

Through the GPS device installed on the car, Ms. Hanh discovered that the car was parked in one place in Xuan An town, Ha Tinh province since April 3, 2017. Through investigation, it was found that Dang had mortgaged the car to a person in Xuan An town, so Ms. Hanh filed a complaint against Nguyen Hai Dang for property appropriation.

On April 8, 2017, the Investigation Police Department, Nghe An Provincial Police Department verified the report of the crime and issued a notice to search for evidence. On the same afternoon, Mr. Nguyen Anh Tuan (born in 1988, residing in Block 11, Xuan An Town, Ha Tinh Province) came to the investigation agency and handed over to the Investigation Police Department the above-mentioned car along with a loan paper written by Nguyen Hai Dang, a driver's license, and an ID card in the name of Nguyen Hai Dang.

Nguyen Anh Tuan stated that at around 5:30 p.m. on April 2, 2017, Nguyen Hai Dang and a friend went to Tuan's house to borrow 50 million VND and left his car as collateral. Dang promised to pay the money in 5 days and take the car out. Because they knew each other, Tuan agreed and gave Dang the money.

On April 3, 2017, Dang continued to go to Mr. Tuan's house to borrow 60 million VND and 40 million VND respectively. The total amount of money that Mr. Tuan lent Dang by mortgaging the car was 150 million VND.

On June 14, 2017, Nguyen Hai Dang came to the investigation agency and confessed that the purpose of borrowing Ms. Hanh's car was to go to Da Nang to play, but because he had no money, Dang had the idea of ​​pawning Ms. Hanh's car to get money to gamble online in the form of playing games.

After pawning the car for Mr. Tuan, Nguyen Hai Dang lost 110 million VND gambling. Dang borrowed another 40 million VND from Mr. Tuan, then fled and used all the money for personal expenses.

At court, Nguyen Hai Dang confessed his crime. The panel sentenced defendant Nguyen Hai Dang to 8 years in prison for "Abuse of trust to appropriate property".

Regarding civil liability, Ms. Nguyen Thi Hanh, the victim, has had her property returned and does not require any further compensation. Mr. Nguyen Anh Tuan, who has related rights and obligations, requests Nguyen Hai Dang to compensate the amount of 150 million VND, the amount of money Dang mortgaged the car for. The court requires Nguyen Hai Dang to fulfill his civil liability towards Mr. Nguyen Anh Tuan (Dang's family has currently compensated Mr. Tuan with 30 million VND).

Phuong Thao