Female scammer went to the Netherlands and then escaped to the Central Highlands to sell cosmetics.

(Baonghean.vn) - After defrauding nearly 100 people and appropriating more than 1 billion VND under the guise of working abroad with high salaries, Hoang Thi Dao and her family fled the area. However, the net was wide open, Dao was arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department (Provincial Police) after 3 years on the run.

Nearly 100 poor people were cheated

Previously, Vinh City Police received many complaints from local residents of Nghe An and Ha Tinh provinces about being tricked by Hoang Thi Dao into working abroad with high salaries. However, after receiving the money, Dao did not fulfill her promise and turned off her phone. Many people came to her house to look for her and found out that Dao and her family had fled the area.

Subject Hoang Thi Dao at the police station.

Through investigation and verification, the police found that in 1998, Dao went to Taiwan to work and returned to Vietnam in 2002. Since returning, through her connections, she often received money from workers to complete procedures for sending them to work abroad. In early June 2012, Dao informed those in the labor export network that she had an order at a food processing factory in Taipei, specializing in the production of confectionery and lunch boxes. The export fee was 120 million VND, of which she only had to pay nearly 5 million VND for vocational training and health check-ups.

In addition, Dao also spread the news that there was an order in the Netherlands for more than 50 workers to grow grass and raise cows, with a starting salary of 1,000 USD/month/person; the second month was 1,500 USD/month/person. If going, the total cost was 5,800 USD/person, working under a 3-year contract, only needing a deposit of 500 USD, the rest would be collected after getting a job.

On July 29, 2012, at her home, Dao collected 500 USD from each worker. Upon receiving the money, she wrote a receipt and promised that if they could not leave within the specified time, she would refund the money. Dao then took these workers to Hanoi for a medical examination and after 3-5 months, they would have a flight schedule. On January 12, 2013, Dao called the workers to her home and collected an additional 1,300 USD from each worker to apply for a visa and buy a plane ticket.

The receipt that Dao wrote when receiving money from people.

However, after many appointments, there was still no flight schedule, and contacting Ms. Dao's three phone numbers was not answered. These people went to Dao's house but the door was locked. There was no other way for the people to file a complaint with the police.

Mr. Tran Xuan Viet (born in 1973, residing in Nghi Xuan, Ha Tinh - a victim said: The money to pay the deposit for Ms. Dao was all borrowed from the bank to go, but the family did not have any money. Now that we cannot go, we do not know how to pay the debt.

The net of heaven is hard to escape.

It is known that after selling all of his assets, Dao and his family went into hiding in Buon Me Thuot. Here, Dao worked as a cosmetics wholesaler in the city.

Lieutenant Colonel Vu Quoc Bao, captain of Team 3 (PC52 Department of Nghe An Police) shared: The difficulty in verifying Dao's residence is that there are no relatives living in the area, so there are no clues. Suspicions that Dao fled to China have been raised because Dao used to live in China.

The search for Hoang Thi Dao was as difficult as looking for a needle in a haystack. However, after nearly 3 years, traces of this subject gradually emerged. In early 2016, through professional reconnaissance, the authorities discovered information that Dao appeared in Dak Lak. On December 28, 2015, Project "116L" was established, and detectives were assigned to monitor and capture all activities of the subject. On January 29, 2015, the working group of PC52 Department of Nghe An Police coordinated with Dak Lak Police to raid the private house and read the arrest warrant to the surprise of the subject.

On February 27, the Criminal Investigation Department (Provincial Police) transferred suspect Dao (second from right) to Nghe An for investigation and handling according to regulations.

On February 27, 2016, Hoang Thi Dao was extradited from Buon Me Thuot to Nghe An and handed over to the Criminal Police Department (Nghe An Police) to continue investigating and clarifying the crime of abusing trust to appropriate property of the subject.

At the police station, Dao said that the money collected from the workers had been transferred to a Taiwanese man. After that, this man cut off contact with Dao. Fearing that the workers would find her and demand her money, Dao discussed with her husband selling all their house and property and fleeing to the Central Highlands.

Dao will soon face severe punishment by law for his crime. The families who gave Dao money in the hope of escaping poverty are still sitting on the fire and do not know if they will get it back or not.

Nguyen Hung