Nghe An: Arresting a scammer via social networks

On the morning of January 10, the Investigation Police Agency of Quy Chau District Police announced that the unit had just successfully broken up a case, arresting Lu Van Sang (born in 1997), residing in Ke Bang village, Chau Hanh commune, Quy Chau district, for the act offraud and appropriation of property.

Previously, through the work of grasping the situation, the Criminal Investigation Police Team on criminal, economic, and drug crimes (DTTP on HS-KT-MT) of Quy Chau District Police discovered a local subject who specialized in using virtual accounts on social networks (Facebook and Zalo) to commit acts of fraud and property appropriation nationwide.

Subject Lu Van Sang. Photo: Quynh Chi

After investigating, officers and soldiers of the Criminal Police Team on HS-KT-MT determined that the subject often used many different phone numbers to register personal (virtual) accounts on social networks such as Facebook and Zalo, looking for people who wanted to make fake documents such as: Visa cards, passports, travel documents... to commit fraud. Identifying the sophisticated tricks of the subject, the District Police quickly established a special project to fight.

During the process of collecting information, through professional measures, the Task Force quickly verified and clarified the subject's background and criminal behavior. Accordingly, the above fraudster is Lu Van Sang (born in 1997), residing in Ke Bang village, Chau Hanh commune, Quy Chau district. Sang registered a personal (virtual) account on social networking sites (facebook, zalo) and then looked for people who wanted to make fake documents... to defraud and appropriate property.

During the initial investigation, the Task Force identified the two victims as Mr. BVN, residing in Lang Son province, and Ms. TTN, residing in Thanh Chuong district, Nghe An province. Specifically, through social networks, Sang tricked Mr. N. and Ms. N. into making various documents for the amount of 15 million VND/person. After both parties agreed, he asked Ms. N. and Mr. N. to deposit money first and then used different tricks to ask for more money. In each transaction, he mainly used the method of transferring money through the bank or asking someone else to receive the money... in order to avoid and hide his whereabouts.

Confiscated exhibits. Photo: Quynh Chi

Secretly monitoring and ambushing, at 12:30 on January 6, 2021, the Task Force arrested Lu Van Sang for fraud and property appropriation; confiscated nearly 20 million VND, 2 household registration books, 1 passport, 1 mobile phone and 2 SIM cards.

At the Quy Chau District Police Investigation Agency, Sang admitted his crime. Initially, he confessed that because he did not have a stable job, he came up with the idea of ​​defrauding and appropriating property through social networks... to earn money for personal expenses.

Currently, the case is being further investigated and expanded by the Investigation Police Agency of Quy Chau District Police.