Woman in Nghe An defrauded hundreds of millions of dong to 'fix the case'

On March 4, 2022, the Criminal Police Department of Nghe An Provincial Police said that the unit had issued an order to temporarily detain Nguyen Thi Lien (born in 1973), residing in Do Thanh commune, Yen Thanh district, to investigate and clarify the act of "Fraudulent appropriation of property".

According to the investigation agency's documents, Nguyen Thi Lien is a very cunning subject and has complicated relationships with many bad subjects in the area; in 2006, Lien was sentenced by the People's Court of Yen Thanh district to 42 months in prison for storing and circulating counterfeit money; Lien's husband is also a subject of illegal drug trafficking and is currently serving a sentence of 20 years in prison.

Subject Nguyen Thi Lien.

Recently, through the work of grasping the situation, the Criminal Police Department of Nghe An Province Police discovered that Lien often searched for information on media channels about cases that were cleared by the police force or land disputes, and filed civil lawsuits to approach the victims.

After approaching the victims, Lien introduced herself as knowing many officials with positions in the field of litigation and the Court sector, who were able to "fix" the cases for the defendants to be released on bail or receive suspended sentences, helping them win civil lawsuits. Along with the agreement, the victims had to pay hundreds of millions of dong.

With the above trick, at the end of September 2021, Lien approached and tricked Vo Thi N. (born in 1993), residing in Yen Thanh district, who had just been sentenced to 5 years in prison by the People's Court of Yen Thanh district for the crime of illegal possession of narcotics (currently on bail awaiting execution of sentence because she is raising a young child), and at the same time promised Vo Thi N. that she would help N. reduce her sentence from 5 years in prison to 2 years in prison, thereby appropriating N.'s property in the amount of 300 million VND.

However, in February 2022, the People's Court of Nghe An province brought Vo Thi N.'s case to an appeal trial. Due to no new developments, the People's Court of Nghe An province upheld the 5-year sentence for N. Knowing that she could not perform the work as originally promised to the victim, Lien fled.

Nguyen Thi Lien at the police station. Photo: Hong Ngoc

After a period of surveillance, on the evening of February 24, 2022, discovering that Lien was hiding at her husband's house in Chau Phong commune, Quy Chau district, the Investigation Police Agency of Nghe An Provincial Police conducted an emergency search of the residence and issued an order to detain Nguyen Thi Lien in an emergency. Thereby, they discovered and seized 02 mobile phones, 02 bank cards and many related exhibits. At the police station, Nguyen Thi Lien initially admitted to her crime.

Currently, the Criminal Police Department of Nghe An Province Police is continuing to investigate and clarify the case. The Police also warns the public and informs anyone who is a victim of the above-mentioned property fraud to report to the Police.