Woman in Nghe An lost 3.7 billion VND, received fake land title
(Baonghean.vn) - Through brokerage and back and forth exchange, the subject Van asked Ms. N. to give the amount of 5 billion VND to cover the cost of converting the land use purpose. As for Ms. N., because she did not know that the documents Van gave her were fake, she transferred to Van many times a total of 3.7 billion VND.
The Provincial Police Investigation Agency has now issued a decision to prosecute the case, prosecute the accused, and temporarily detain Pham Thi Van (born in 1975), residing on Truong Chinh Street, Khuong Thuong Ward, Dong Da District, Hanoi, for the crime of "Fraudulent appropriation of property".
Previously, around August 2023, the Office of the Investigation Police Agency of Nghe An Province Police received a complaint from a number of people about being scammed by a subject named Van in Hanoi city, appropriating a large amount of money by accepting procedures to change land use purposes. Among them was Ms. TTN (born in 1975), residing in Nghia Thanh commune, Nghia Dan district.
According to the report, Ms. TTN's family wanted to change the land use purpose from production forest land to rural residential land in Nghia Lien commune (now Nghia Thanh commune), Nghia Dan district. Through intermediaries and exchanges, Van asked Ms. N. to pay 5 billion VND to cover the cost of the conversion. After that, Van repeatedly told Ms. N. that he was in the process and sent pictures of the application submission to the authorities and the original land use right certificate.
Because she did not know that the documents were fake, Ms. N. trusted Van and transferred money to her many times, totaling 3.7 billion VND. However, because she did not see Van complete the procedures to change the land use right, Ms. N. checked with the authorities and discovered that the documents Van sent were fake and that Van had not actually sent the documents to the authorities. Ms. N. then contacted Van, but could not reach her. Realizing that Van's behavior showed signs of fraud and property appropriation, Ms. N. filed a complaint with the Office of the Investigation Police Agency of Nghe An Province Police.
After receiving the report, the Provincial Police Investigation Agency quickly conducted an investigation and verification. Using professional measures, the Provincial Police Investigation Agency clarified that the accused was Pham Thi Van (born in 1975), residing on Truong Chinh Street, Khuong Thuong Ward, Dong Da District, Hanoi City. Based on the collected documents and evidence, on October 23, 2023, the Nghe An Provincial Police Investigation Agency issued a Decision to prosecute the case, prosecute the accused, and issue an Arrest Warrant to detain Pham Thi Van for the crime of "Fraudulent appropriation of property" under Clause 4, Article 174 of the Penal Code.
During the process of working with the Investigation Agency, Pham Thi Van confessed that due to debt and wanting money for personal expenses, she committed fraud to appropriate property under the form of receiving procedures to change land use purpose.
Currently, the Investigation Police Agency of Nghe An Province Police is continuing to investigate and expand the case to handle the subject according to the provisions of law.
