Debt, falsely reported robbery of 800 million VND
Due to his huge debt, Mr. Lam told his relatives that he was knocked unconscious by two people and robbed of 800 million VND.
On October 28, the Criminal Police Department - Tien Giang Provincial Police said that it had just completed the file and transferred it to Cai Be District Police to investigate the case of a rice trader who falsely reported being robbed of 800 million VND, to handle the act of "Reporting false information to competent State agencies".
According to the investigation, at around 3:00 p.m. on October 10, Mr. Le Thanh Sang (46 years old, residing in Ward 1, Cai Lay town), owner of Cong Thanh rice milling facility, called Mr. Le Thanh Lam (46 years old, residing in My Hanh Trung commune, Cai Lay town), a rice trader, to ask about work and was informed that Mr. Lam had an accident.
Afterwards, Mr. Sang organized a search and discovered Mr. Lam sitting down on District Road 72 (through My Hoi Commune, Cai Be District) and took him to My Hoi Commune Medical Station for emergency treatment, then transferred to Cai Lay Regional General Hospital for further treatment.
While at the hospital, Mr. Lam told his relatives that while he was going to pay, two young men on a motorbike stabbed him with a syringe-like object, causing him to lose consciousness and robbed him of 800 million VND. The incident was reported to the police.
From the results of the crime scene investigation and evidence collection, the investigation agency found many contradictions in the victim's testimony, so it was determined that the robbery probably did not occur.
After more than half a month, on October 25, knowing that he could not deny the clear evidence, Mr. Le Thanh Lam admitted that he had reported false news. He confessed that he had not been robbed of his property and that he had not been stabbed with a needle by the subjects.
Mr. Lam confessed that about 2 years ago, while buying and selling rice, he lost about 800 bags of rice with a total value of about 400 million VND. However, he did not tell his family about this and instead borrowed money, leading to "interest on interest".
On October 10, taking advantage of his stroke relapse, Mr. Lam lied that he was robbed of 800 million VND to "deceive" his creditors and family./.
