Female director scams people into believing she can send them abroad for work, embezzling nearly 20 billion VND.

On July 29th, the People's Court of Nghe An province held a first-instance trial to hear the case against defendant Tran Thi Hang Nga (born in 1984), residing in Dien Chau commune (formerly Dien Ngoc commune), Nghe An province, for the crime of "Fraudulent appropriation of property"

According to the indictment, from 2021 to 2023, due to debt and the need for personal expenses, Tran Thi Hang Nga conceived the idea of ​​defrauding people by promising to arrange overseas employment for them. She used various deceptive tactics to gain their trust and seize their assets in numerous provinces and cities.

Specifically, Nga established a company, located in Hanoi, where she served as director. Although the company had no function or responsibility in sending people abroad for work, tourism, or study, Nga still claimed that her company had successfully sent many people overseas.

After receiving the documents from the victim, Nga sent some of the documents along with a portion of the money to three other individuals to arrange fingerprinting appointments, interviews at foreign embassies, and airline ticket bookings.

After the workers had their fingerprints taken and visa interviews completed, Nga downloaded the employment contract and visa images from the internet, then had someone edit the information to match the workers' identities.

In addition, Nga also falsified information on airline tickets, causing the victims to trust her and continue to deposit money with her. After receiving the money, Tran Thi Hang Nga did not carry out any procedures to help the workers go abroad for labor or study, but instead used the money for personal expenses and to pay off debts.

Investigators determined that Tran Thi Hang Nga defrauded and misappropriated assets from 14 victims and related parties by processing procedures for 242 people to work abroad, study abroad, or travel to countries such as South Korea, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand, totaling over 19.5 billion VND. Among the victims, the person who was defrauded the most lost nearly 6 billion VND.

At the trial, the defendant admitted to the crime and expressed remorse. The defendant stated that due to debt and the need for money to repay debts, he provided false information to defraud the victims.

The defendant presented her difficult circumstances, including marital separation and raising three young children alone, in order to request the court to consider mitigating her sentence.

Before the trial, the defendant had compensated the victims with over 8 billion VND. Attending the trial, the victims demanded that the defendant return the money to them.

After a comprehensive review of the case, the court sentenced Tran Thi Hang Nga to 18 years in prison for fraud and appropriation of property. Regarding the civil aspect, the court ordered the defendant to return the money to the victims.