Female monster who specializes in pretending to be a maid and stealing billions of dollars is caught

On October 5, the Criminal Police Department of Ho Chi Minh City Police announced that it had just prosecuted and temporarily detained suspect Le Thi Thuy (born 1981, from An Giang) to investigate the act of "Theft of property".

Thuy is the suspect in the theft of nearly 900 million VND from Ms. Pham Thi Hong T. (living in District 3) more than a year ago, as reported by the press.

After nearly a year of investigation and following clues, the police recently discovered a maid in Binh Duong whose identifying characteristics were similar to the suspect who committed the theft at Ms. T's house, so they invited her to the police station for questioning.

Faced with clear evidence, the suspect admitted his crime.

Accordingly, to carry out her theft plan, Thuy went online to order fake identity documents and then found rich families to ask for a job as a maid, taking advantage of the homeowner's carelessness to steal property.

Subject Le Thi Thuy.

In mid-July 2017, Thuy went on a social networking site to order a fake identity card under the name Nguyen Thi Thanh Lan (born June 30, 1980; Registered place: Hamlet 5, Quoi Son, Chau Thanh, Ben Tre) and a certified copy of the original household registration book under the names Nguyen Thi Thanh Lan, Nong Thi Hoa, Nguyen Van Tuan for 1.5 million VND to prepare for the disguise of her identity.

After having the fake documents, Thuy posted a job advertisement on the social network “Cho Tot”. At that time, Ms. T. saw Thuy posting information about a housekeeper, so she contacted Thuy and hired her.

The subject Thuy stayed at Ms. T's house until the third day and then decided to commit theft.

Using the above method, from 2016 to 2018, Thuy successfully carried out 4 other thefts in District 3, Binh Tan and Binh Duong province, stealing up to dozens of gold bars and many valuable foreign currencies.

Notably, each Thuy family only worked for 1 to 2 days before committing the crime.

Working at Ms. N's house for 2 days, Thuy took advantage of Ms. N's absence to go into Ms. N's bedroom, rummaged through the drawer and took a cloth bag containing many gold rings weighing about 2 taels, 2 24K gold necklaces weighing more than 2 chi, 1 24K gold bracelet with blue marble, 2 18K gold necklaces, 1 24K gold badge weighing 2 chi, 1 pair of earrings, 300 Canadian dollars and 3 million VND and then fled. Thuy took the gold and foreign currency to sell in many places for over 100 million VND and then spent it all on gambling.

Thuy worked as a maid for Ms. T. and committed a major theft at her house, which was recorded by camera.

Around May 2017, Thuy forged an identity card in the name of Tran Thi Ngoc Lan (born in 1987; Registered place: Minh Tan, Dau Tieng, Binh Duong province) and a fake household registration book certified as a true copy of the original, then went to the house of Ms. Pham Thi Lien T. on Dien Bien Phu street (ward 3, district 3) to ask to be a housemaid to steal property.

After working for 1 day, Thuy took advantage of Ms. T. and her husband being away to enter the room to look for property. Thuy discovered the safe on the left side of the room. Thuy pressed #123456# and the magnetic lock automatically opened (Thuy had researched it online before). Thuy went into the safe and took 2 9999 gold necklaces, each weighing 1 tael, 11 24k gold bracelets, weighing 5 chi, 1 18k gold bracelet, weighing more than 1 chi and 100 USD. After that, Thuy left Ms. T.'s house and fled to Di An, Binh Duong to live.

Thuy pawned the above assets to a gold shop in Thong Dung market - Di An, Binh Duong. Later, she had no money to redeem them, so she sold them for nearly 80 million VND and spent all of them on lottery.

Most recently, on June 30, 2018, Thuy went online to Cho Tot website and found out that Ms. Nguyen TDT's house (in Hoang Long Apartment, Nhi Dong Quarter, Di An Town, Binh Duong Province) posted an ad looking for a housekeeper, so she proactively contacted her to apply for a housekeeper position.

Thuy used a fake ID card under the name Truong Thi Thu Ha (born in 1979; registered address: Hung Loi B hamlet, Cai Be district, Tien Giang province).

After working for 2 days, Thuy broke into Ms. T's room and opened the safe, stole more than 250 million, 1 bracelet, 1 gold ring and then fled.

Based on the investigation documents, on September 13, the Investigation Police Agency issued a Decision to prosecute the accused and issue a Detention Order against Le Thi Thuy for the crime of "Theft of property" and was approved by the City People's Procuracy.