'Bragging' about having many acquaintances, being able to 'run' bail to appropriate 30,000 USD
(Baonghean.vn) - Vu Xuan Bac "bragged" that he had a wide network of acquaintances and could get bail for people who were being detained. Using the above tricks, Bac defrauded and appropriated nearly 700 million VND from one victim.
On September 28, Nghe An Provincial People's Court opened a trial for defendant Vu Xuan Bac (35 years old), residing in Nghia Thuan commune, Thai Hoa town, for the crime of"Fraudulent appropriation of property".
Around July 2021, Bac heard that Mr. Tran Van B. in Quy Hop district was being detained for illegal mining, and his family was trying to get him released on bail.
Because he had no stable job and needed money for personal expenses, Bac came up with the idea of defrauding and appropriating property. The trick he came up with was to introduce himself as having many connections and being able to take care of Mr. B's bail. When Mr. B's relatives contacted him to ask for his bail, Bac promised to do it and offered a price of 30,000 USD.
Vu Xuan Bac contacted a man in Hanoi to connect him with a leader of Nghe An Provincial Police to help B. Although the leader of the Provincial Police refused and said, "The case is being handed over to the police for investigation and handling, and will be handled in accordance with the law," Bac continued to defraud Ms. Le Thi O. (Mr. B.'s wife).
Then, Bac asked Ms. O. to give him 20,000 USD to take care of the matter. After receiving the money, Bac spent it for personal use.
After that, Vu Xuan Bac gave many reasons such as needing to give to his “boss” in Hanoi to ask Ms. O. to give him more money. Trusting her, this woman transferred another 10,000 USD to Bac.
By the end of August 2021, after waiting for a long time without seeing Bac contact his "boss" to ask for bail for her husband, Ms. O. went to investigate and discovered that she had been scammed. Ms. O.'s family contacted Bac and asked him to pay the money, but he tried to avoid it.
On April 20, 2023, Ms. O. filed a criminal complaint with the police. The investigation agency determined that Bac had appropriated nearly 700 million VND from the victim.
At the trial, the defendant admitted to the crime as charged in the indictment. The defendant stated that he used the fraudulently appropriated money for personal expenses. After the incident was exposed, the defendant influenced the victim’s family to compensate the victim in full.
After a comprehensive review of the case, the People's Court sentenced defendant Vu Xuan Bac to 9 years in prison for "Fraudulent appropriation of property".
