Bank employees falsified loan documents to 'take advantage of brokers'

Two bank employees in Binh Duong joined hands to falsify many loan documents for unqualified customers in order to collect a "brokerage" fee of 2 to 3 million VND per contract.

Thuan An Town Police (Binh Duong) yesterday arrested Dinh Hoang Tu (25 years old) and Ngo Thanh Tam (26 years old) along with 5 accomplices for Forging seals and documents of agencies and organizations and Fraudulent appropriation of property.

Many people were arrested for falsifying loan documents and fraudulently appropriating property. Photo: Nguyet Trieu

According to the investigation, during their work, the two learned that many people needed to borrow money but did not qualify, so they offered to help them forge labor contracts, salary confirmation papers...

For each approved application, the customer must contribute from 2 to 3 million VND, and in some cases, the borrower must even pay half of the loan amount.

In addition, Tu and Tam were also accused of providing fake documents and papers to their accomplices to buy 2 motorbikes and 7 expensive mobile phones at electronics supermarkets on installments and then appropriate them.

Also arrested for the above acts, Tran Thanh Tai (31 years old) and 5 others were accused of helping many people forge bank loan documents or buy goods on installments to make illegal profits.

"Since June, Tai's group has accepted to make dozens of fake documents for many people, some of which were approved for loans of 50 million VND," the police said, adding that they had seized many fake documents and certificates when searching the suspects' residences.

According to VNE