Man filmed blackmailing for falling into 'love trap' in motel

On August 23, the Investigation Police Agency - Thanh Oai District Police (Hanoi) announced that they are investigating the case of "Extortion of property". Initially, the investigation agency clarified and urgently arrested two subjects: Bui Thi Huong (born in 1976, residing in Bich Hoa commune, Thanh Oai) and Nguyen Duy Thuy (born in 1970, residing in Dong Mai ward, Ha Dong, Hanoi).

Subject Bui Thi Huong.

According to investigation documents, through the social network Zalo, Mr. Nguyen D. T. (born in 1969, in Thanh Oai district) got to know Bui Thi Huong. Through conversation, Huong knew that Mr. T. had feelings for her.

On the evening of August 15, Huong was having dinner with her boyfriend, Nguyen Duy Thuy, when Mr. T. called Huong. Huong told her boyfriend that Mr. T. liked her and was thinking of ways to take his money. Thuy agreed and let Huong take Mr. T. out for a drink and then invite him to a motel to film a blackmail clip.

At around 8:00 p.m. on August 16, Huong asked Mr. T. to ride a motorbike to Bich Hoa commune to pick her up and take her to Kim Bai town for coffee. Later, the two went to a motel in Kim Bai town to talk. After checking in, Huong told Mr. T. to take a shower, while she stayed outside and texted Thuy the name of the motel and the room number where Huong and Mr. T. were staying.

Receiving the message, Thuy went straight to the motel claiming to be Huong's brother-in-law, suspecting that her sister-in-law was having an illicit relationship, and asked the motel owner to open the motel room door to check.

At this time, in the room there were only Huong and Mr. T., each wearing only underwear. Seeing that, Thuy raised her voice and shouted, threatening to kill both of them if they did not sit still so she could record the image.

Knowing that he was wrong, Mr. T. had no choice but to do as Thuy said. After that, Mr. T. asked Thuy to let him get dressed so he could talk. After taking pictures and filming the clip, Thuy agreed to let Mr. T. talk. Thuy forced Mr. T. to give Thuy 10 million VND to let her go.

Not wanting to affect his honor, Mr. T. agreed. However, at that time, he only had 1.6 million VND in his wallet, so Mr. T. asked to take a taxi to a relative's house nearby and borrowed 10 million VND.

Mr. T. returned to the motel and gave Thuy money to delete the photos he had taken and recorded on his phone. However, Mr. T. was asked by Thuy to pay him another 5 million VND before he would let go. During the negotiation process, Mr. T. agreed to pay Thuy another 3 million VND by pawning his motorbike.

Thinking he had been scammed, Mr. T. then went to Thanh Oai District Police to report the incident. During the verification and investigation process, Thanh Oai District Police arrested Bui Thi Huong and Nguyen Duy Thuy to assist in the investigation.