Fake female lawyer cheated people out of billions of dollars

The People's Court of Nghe An province has just opened the first instance trial of defendant Tran Thi Thuy (40 years old, from Ha Tinh, residing in Dong Thach commune, Hoc Mon district, Ho Chi Minh City) for the crime of "Fraudulent appropriation of property".

According to the case file, Tran Thi Thuy is not a lawyer, but this subject took advantage of the anxiety and lack of knowledge of a part of the people to trick and "run cases" and "run bail" for a number of subjects arrested for gambling.

Thuy gave the bail fee as 250 million VND and "no criminal prosecution" as 270 million VND. Believing her, many people contacted and asked Thuy for help.run the case,ran away on bail and was scammed by this subject, who appropriated a large amount of money.

In addition, although she had no function or authority to send people to work abroad, and was not able to complete the documents and procedures to request the competent authority to issue new or change the Land Use Rights Certificate or issue an international driving license, Thuy used deceitful tricks, promising to help with red books, labor export, and changing international driving licenses for many people.

After receiving the money from the victims, Thuy did not fulfill her promise but used it all for personal expenses.

The investigation agency determined that from October 2023 to March 2024, Tran Thi Thuy defrauded and appropriated a total of more than 6.8 billion VND from many victims in Nghe An, Ha Tinh, and Ho Chi Minh City. Of which, the person who was defrauded and appropriated the most money by Thuy was nearly 800 million VND.

At the trial, the defendant admitted to the crime as charged in the indictment. The defendant stated that he used the money for personal expenses. The victims attending the trial requested that the defendant return the money to them.

After the trial, the panel decided to extend the deliberation.