Nghe An: Breaking up a high-tech fraud case of billions of dong
(Baonghean.vn) - Dien Chau District Police have just successfully cracked down on a fraud case, appropriating assets worth billions of dong, arresting 3 suspects. Notably, in this case, the suspects used high technology and sophisticated "money laundering" methods to deceive the authorities.
Previously, on April 27, Dien Chau District Police received a complaint from Ms. Nguyen Thi T. stating that Ms. T. and her younger sister, who is living abroad, regularly communicated via Facebook. At 8:00 a.m. on April 27, after receiving a message from her younger sister asking her to transfer money to someone else, Ms. T. transferred a total of more than 1 billion VND. After completing the transfer, Ms. T. discovered that her younger sister's Facebook account had been hacked by bad guys to commit fraud.
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Subject Nguyen Thanh Nhan declared to the investigation agency. Photo: Quynh Trang |
After a period of investigation and searching for the subjects, on August 20, the Special Task Force arrested 3 related subjects including: Nguyen Thanh Nhan (born 2002), Nguyen Ngoc Ai (born 1997) and Le Doan Phu (born 2002), all residing in Trieu Phong district, Quang Tri province.
It is known that Nguyen Thanh Nhan is the one who directly hacked the victim's Facebook and sent fraudulent messages. After taking the money, Nhan went online to contact people who specialize in receiving illegal money to "launder" it and split the commission.
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3 subjects at the police station. Photo: Quynh Trang |
Specifically, after receiving more than 1 billion VND from Nhan, Nguyen Ngoc Ai and Le Doan Phu used that money to buy gold and then sold it elsewhere to receive cash. The commission the subjects received from Nhan was more than 40%.
Searching the suspects' residence, Dien Chau District Police seized 3 laptops, 10 cell phones, bank cards and 240 million VND in cash.
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Evidence of the case. Photo: Ho Hung |
Currently, the Investigation Police Agency of Dien Chau District Police has initiated a case, prosecuted the accused and issued an order to detain Nguyen Thanh Nhan for the crime of "Fraudulent appropriation of property"; Nguyen Ngoc Ai and Le Doan Phu for the crime of "Receiving property obtained by others through crime".
Dien Chau District Police are continuing to investigate and arrest the remaining suspects.
