The pain of women who lost both love and money to a "super swindler" with 3 criminal records

This is the fourth time Dang Chi Quyet (born 1989), residing in Hong Linh town, Ha Tinh province, has stood before the witness stand to pay for his crimes.

The small man, with a shrunken face, calmly and clearly recounted each of his crimes. Looking at Quyet's appearance at this moment, no one could believe that he had once "bragged" that he was an officer of the Ministry of Public Security or the Deputy Director of the Airport.

The women sitting below, as those with related rights and obligations, had always believed that this man would be the destination of their lives. Only when the true face of the super swindler with 3 criminal records was exposed, did these women realize that they had lost both money and love.

Having just finished 9th grade and having no stable job, Quyet has the ability to deceive and appropriate other people's property. From 2009 to 2013, Dang Chi Quyet was tried three times by the Thu Duc District People's Court (Ho Chi Minh City), the Quang Xuong District People's Court (Thanh Hoa) and the Gia Lam District People's Court (Hanoi) for the crime of "Fraudulent appropriation of property" with sentences of 1 year, 2 years, 3 years and 4 months in prison, respectively.

Dang Chi Quyet at the trial. Photo: Nhu Binh

Not long after being released from prison, Quyet returned to his old ways and continued to commit fraud. Quyet went on social media to get acquainted with Ms. Bui Thi L. (from Tuyen Quang, later Quyet's wife), introducing herself as working at the Ministry of Public Security.

After flirting and making many promises, Quyet went to L's house to live together as husband and wife.

In September 2016, Quyet confided to Ms. L. that he had just participated in a major drug case but mistakenly shot a civilian, and now needed 60 million to compensate and avoid being disciplined and expelled from the industry. Trusting his "fake husband", Ms. L. gave Quyet the money. Quyet then spent all of this money on his personal expenses.

A month later, Quyet told Ms. L. that his sister had just given birth and was suffering from postpartum depression. Feeling sorry for his sister's pain, Quyet secretly took the drugs from the evidence to give to her to help relieve the pain. This was discovered by the unit, so he needed a large sum of money to bribe her, otherwise he would be disciplined.

Thinking it was real, Ms. L. gave Quyet 98 million twice. In addition, Quyet often gave reasons for difficulties at work to "extort" money from Ms. L. When Ms. L. had no more cash, Quyet "invited" her to pawn her assets, sometimes a motorbike, sometimes a gold necklace, sometimes a new phone...

Trusting this man, Ms. L. agreed to marry Quyet, thinking that she would be able to rely on him for the rest of her life. Only when Quyet was arrested on charges of committing a series of other frauds and property appropriations, did Ms. L. realize that the boat had already been built, and she could not withdraw from a marriage that had just begun.

Mrs. TTH (residing in Ha Tinh) is one of the victims of Quyet - the person she once trusted and considered as her son-in-law. Mrs. H.'s daughter, Ms. S., had a failed marriage and had a child of her own. One time, Ms. S. brought Quyet home to introduce him. At first, they were just friends, but Quyet's care and attention to Ms. S. and her children and Ms. H.'s family made her very happy. She was even happier when Quyet introduced himself as the Deputy Director of Vinh Airport and could help Mrs. H. find a job for her husband and son to work here.

Trusting her future son-in-law, not only did she pay for the job application for her husband and son, Mrs. H. also went to introduce him to her neighbor. After her son-in-law agreed to help and gave her a specific price, Mrs. H. took the neighbor's money and gave it to Quyet.

Victims were scammed and had their money stolen by Quyet. Photo: Nhu Binh

“During this time, Quyet even bought my daughter a car to go. I thought that my daughter had been divorced once, and now that she met Quyet and was taken care of so thoughtfully, there was nothing better. My whole family loved Quyet like their own child, and would save some of the delicious things to call home to eat with the whole family. Suddenly, I received a phone call from an acquaintance, telling me to go to town to pick up S.

It turned out that after Quyet was arrested, S. knew his true identity. Humiliated and ashamed, he sent someone to pick up his child, and he intended to commit suicide. I had to persuade him for a long time before he calmed down and continued to raise his child. The car Quyet bought for S. was also sold to pay off the neighbor's debt," Ms. H. said bitterly. The total amount of money that Dang Chi Quyet defrauded and appropriated from Ms. TTH was 400 million VND.

With the same purpose of defrauding and appropriating property, Quyet went online to get acquainted with Ms. LTD (residing in Dien Hoa commune, Dien Chau, Nghe An). Quyet introduced himself as a load control officer at the flight service department of Noi Bai Airport (Hanoi).

Ms. D. thought it was real so she asked Quyet to help her sell food at Vinh airport cafeteria. Quyet enthusiastically promised to help and quoted the cost of 63 million VND, Ms. D. had to pay 5.3 million VND per month, and if she rented for the whole year, she would have to pay 63.6 million VND. Ms. D. agreed to give Quyet the money and was given a service contract with Vietnam Airports Corporation by this man. After checking the contract and seeing many unusual signs, Ms. D. suspected Quyet of fraud so she reported it to the police.

On the evening of March 16, 2018, when Quyet went to Ms. D's house to receive the money, he was arrested by the Dien Chau District Police. At this time, the true identity of the fraudster Dang Chi Quyet was revealed.

With the same trick, Quyet promised to find jobs for 9 other people, spread across Hanoi, Nghe An, Ha Tinh... to appropriate money. To gain the victims' trust, Quyet asked people to make fake appointment decisions and work acceptance decisions of agencies and organizations. Authorities clarified that from July 2016 to March 2018, Dang Chi Quyet defrauded and appropriated 1.4 billion VND from all 12 victims.

At the trial, defendant Quyet admitted all his crimes and agreed to return the money he had appropriated from the victims. Considering the aggravating and mitigating circumstances, the People's Court of Nghe An province sentenced Dang Chi Quyet to 16 years in prison for "Fraudulent appropriation of property", 3 years in prison for "Using fake seals and documents of organizations", the total sentence to be served is 19 years in prison.