9X 'monster woman' cheated 3 young men, embezzling more than 4 billion VND

On August 17, Nghe An Provincial People's Court opened a trial of defendant Cao Thi Thu Ha (born 1990), residing in Dien Hoa commune, Dien Chau district, for the crime of "Fraudulent appropriation of property".

Due to debt and lack of a stable job, Cao Thi Thu Ha came up with the idea of ​​defrauding and appropriating other people's money. Ha provided false information such as being able to buy a car at a cheap price, applying for a job at a bank to appropriate money from 3 victims, with a total amount of nearly 4.1 billion VND.

Among the victims, Mr. Phan The T. (born in 1989, residing in Nghia Loc commune, Nghia Dan district) was defrauded by Ha and appropriated more than 1.5 billion VND. Mr. T. knew Ha through a friendship.

Around April 2022, knowing that Mr. T's lover had taken the entrance exam to the Nghe An Province Social Policy Bank but had not yet received the results, Ha "bragged" that he could help his lover get accepted into the bank. Ha provided information that she was a close acquaintance of the bank's director and promised that she would definitely get a job. Trusting him, Mr. T. transferred a total of 850 million VND to Ha.

Also during this time, knowing that Mr. T. wanted to buy a car, Ha informed him that he could buy a car at a cheaper price at car dealerships. Trusting him, in a short time, this man transferred a total of 700 million VND to Ha. Ha appropriated and used all of this money for personal use.

After defrauding a series of victims, in November 2022, Ha turned himself in to the police.

At the trial, the defendant stated that she had committed fraud against many victims because of debt and need for money to pay it off. However, the defendant did not elaborate on the details of those debts.

The victims attending the court stated that they have not received any compensation from the defendant so far, and therefore requested that Ha return all the money he had appropriated.

The panel of judges determined that the defendant's crime was particularly serious, infringing on the property rights of others, so they sentenced Cao Thi Thu Ha to 20 years in prison and forced the defendant to return all the money she had appropriated from the victims.