12th grade male student embezzled 10 billion VND by hacking Facebook
While a 12th grade student, Thai created fake websites, took passwords from participants, and then embezzled more than 10 billion VND.
Bac Ninh Provincial Police have just issued a decision to prosecute the case and prosecute 7 suspects for using computers, telecommunications networks, and electronic devices to commit property appropriation, appropriating more than 10 billion VND.
To successfully crack down, Bac Ninh Provincial Police proactively established a special project, coordinated with the Criminal Police Department, Thua Thien - Hue Provincial Police, Quang Tri Provincial Police to investigate, clarify and arrest 7 people operating in inter-provincial areas, colluding with each other to continuously cause more than 100 cases of Facebook account intrusion (hacking) and appropriating more than 10 billion VND of more than 100 victims nationwide.
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| The leader of the ring is Pham Xuan Thai, a 12th grade student. |
The seven suspects include Pham Xuan Thai, 18 years old; Le Viet Quy, 26 years old; Cao Dang Nhu, 25 years old, all from Quang Tri province; Trinh Minh Vuong, 30 years old; Nguyen Van Dien, 23 years old; Le Huu Quy, 27 years old, and Trinh Ha Son Binh, 34 years old, all from Thua Thien Hue province.
The leader of the group is Pham Xuan Thai. Although he is only a 12th grade student, Thai is very knowledgeable about information technology. Thai programmed and created fake websites in the form of: Voting for the Voice Kids, Voting for scenic spots... then sent the link to these websites to the Facebook accounts of Vietnamese people living and working abroad. When the account owners logged in to vote, the subject would have the password, then take over the Facebook account and commit acts of property appropriation.
In addition, the subjects also sent fake bank links for victims to access and declare bank account information. After collecting all passwords and OTP codes of the account owners, the subjects immediately transferred all the money in the victims' accounts to their own accounts.
Thai transferred the embezzled money to bank accounts provided by Viet Quy, Nhu and Vuong. Vuong then divided it into different accounts for Dien, Huu Quy and Binh to withdraw and share. Each time the embezzlement was successful, Thai received 70% of the embezzled money, while the remaining subjects received from 5% to 10%.
This is an organized crime group, operating with very sophisticated and professional methods and tricks such as using many virtual bank accounts, junk SIM cards, choosing to hack Facebook accounts of Vietnamese people living and working abroad...
Since the beginning of 2020, the above group has used 14 virtual bank accounts to appropriate more than 10 billion VND from more than 100 victims nationwide, including victims in Bac Ninh province.
To destroy this gang and quickly identify and arrest the perpetrators, the leaders of Bac Ninh Provincial Police have directed the Criminal Police Department to proactively coordinate with professional units of the Ministry of Public Security to urgently investigate, synchronously use professional measures; deeply understand the rules of operation, methods and tricks, and roles of members in the group in cyberspace.
Bac Ninh Provincial Police are continuing to investigate the case./.
