Quitting their jobs as workers, a couple set up a company to fraudulently sell land and appropriate billions of dollars.

On June 10, the Criminal Investigation Agency of Tan Uyen Town Police, Binh Duong Province, temporarily detained Nguyen Kieu Diem (38 years old, from Ca Mau) and Pham Van Thanh (39 years old, from Thua Thien - Hue, Diem's ​​husband) to investigate the act of fraud and property appropriation.

Previously, the couple was arrested by Tan Uyen Town Police in coordination with Hanoi City Police and extradited to Binh Duong while hiding there.

According to the investigation, Diem and her husband used to work as workers and sell soft drinks, but then quit their jobs and established Gia Ky Real Estate Brokerage Consulting Services Co., Ltd. (registered in Khanh Binh ward, Tan Uyen town), with Diem as the legal representative.

The police seized many documents related to the fraudulent behavior of Diem and Thanh. Photo: HP

Although the land was not theirs and they were not authorized to buy and sell by the owner, from May to December 2017, Diem and Thanh signed land purchase and sale deposit contracts in Tan Uyen town (Binh Duong) and Trang Bom district (Dong Nai) with 7 people, each contract from 40 to 100 million VND. From January to August 2018, these two people continued to sign land purchase and sale deposit contracts with 8 other people, each contract from 50 to 250 million VND.

With the above contracts, the couple earned more than 1.3 billion VND. When the time came to transfer the contract, Diem and her husband did not complete the procedures and did not pay the deposit to the people, so they were reported to the police.

After verification, the Investigation Police Agency of Tan Uyen Town issued a decision to prosecute the case and prosecute the accused, but Diem and Thanh had left their residence. While hiding in Hanoi, the couple was arrested by the police.