Bank employee who defrauded 10 billion VND detained under emergency circumstances.
Using a friend who pretended to be someone in need of a loan to repay a bank loan, Le Van Duc defrauded and misappropriated over 10 billion VND from several people in Phu Quoc City (Kien Giang province).
On the morning of September 28, Phu Quoc City Police executed an arrest warrant and conducted an urgent search of Le Van Duc (36 years old, an employee of a bank in the area) to investigate the alleged crime of "fraudulent appropriation of property".
According to initial investigations, while working at the bank, Duc owed a large sum of money to many people, which led him to conceive the idea of embezzling assets to obtain money to repay his debts.
On January 17th of this year, through an acquaintance, Duc learned that Ms. TTH (46 years old, residing in Phu Quoc City) lent money to pay off bank loans. Duc told Ms. H. that a client needed to borrow 2.5 billion VND to pay off a loan, and that the money would be repaid within 3 days.
However, Ms. H. refused to lend money directly to Duc, only to her clients. Therefore, Duc asked his close friend, NTC (36 years old), to pose as a client and meet with Ms. H. to borrow the aforementioned amount. Ms. H. agreed to lend the money to C. This friend then transferred the money back to Duc.
By January 18th, still owing money to many people, Duc continued his plan to defraud Ms. H. Therefore, he contacted her, claiming to have a client working at a government agency who needed to borrow 3 billion VND to repay a loan.
Ms. H. still insisted on meeting the client in person to discuss the matter. This time, Duc asked another close friend, PUD. (36 years old), to borrow the money on his behalf. The scheme went smoothly, and 3 billion VND from Ms. H. was transferred to Duc.
When the repayment deadline arrived, Duc, along with C. and D., met with Mrs. H. to admit to the incident and ask for more time. After being repeatedly disappointed, Mrs. H. filed a complaint with the police.
At the investigative agency, Duc confessed to all his crimes. He stated that from 2023 to the present, using similar methods, he had defrauded several people in Phu Quoc City of more than 10 billion VND.
