Female teacher swindled more than 2 billion VND
Nguyen Thi Thanh Hoa lied that she could handle the procedures to export labor to Australia, embezzling more than 2 billion VND from many people.
On February 3, Ms. Hoa (40 years old, residing in Nam Huong commune, Thach Ha district) was prosecuted and detained by Ha Tinh police for the crime ofFraudulent appropriation of property.
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Suspect Hoa (standing in the middle) at the investigation agency. Photo: Quy Nga |
According to the investigation results, Ms. Hoa is a teacher at Huong Dien Secondary School, located in Nam Huong Commune (Thach Ha District). Since the end of 2013, she has boasted that she can send people to work in Australia.
In October 2020, Ms. Hoa received 740 million VND to send Mr. Tran Van Nghia's son to Australia to work but did not fulfill her commitment. Based on the victim's complaint, Ms. Hoa was arrested by Ha Tinh Police in early February.
The suspect confessed that over the past 8 years, she had received more than 2 billion VND from many people in Ha Tinh and Nghe An to complete procedures to send their children and relatives to Australia to work, but was not successful in any of the cases. With the embezzled money, the female teacher used it to pay off high-interest loans, play with virtual currency, and spend it on personal expenses.