Breaking up an online fraud case of over 300 billion VND, arresting 59 subjects in Cambodia

On October 29, Lai Chau Provincial Police announced that the Provincial Police Special Working Group chaired by Colonel Pham Hai Dang - Deputy Director, Head of the Investigation Police Agency, coordinated with the Representative Office of the Ministry of Public Security of Vietnam in Cambodia, the Criminal Police Department of the Ministry of Public Security and Cambodian functional forces to successfully dismantle the case.fraud and appropriation of property on the internetLarge-scale, transnational operation of more than 300 billion VND, arresting 59 subjects in Cambodia.

After a long period of applying professional measures, collecting documents and evidence, with the consent of the leaders of the Ministry of Public Security, on October 28, Lai Chau Provincial Police coordinated with the above units to successfully dismantle the case, arresting 59 subjects (44 men, 15 women), all of whom were Vietnamese, while they were committing crimes in the Bokor Hill area of ​​the Bokor Ecological Park complex in Tuek Chhou Ward, Bokor City, Kampot Province, Kingdom of Cambodia.

According to the initial investigation results, the leader of the transnational fraud ring is Sung Thi Mai (commonly known as Vi), born in 1999, residing in Mom Dao village, Bao Thang commune, Lao Cai (old address is Thai Nien commune, Bao Thang district, Lao Cai province). Mai and other key subjects, important subordinates, and leaders in the criminal ring were all arrested along with evidence of the case to serve the investigation.

In June 2025, Lai Chau Police cracked the case and arrested 4 subjects who were the henchmen of the above-mentioned criminal organization. From here, the Police Agency discovered a large-scale criminal group operating under the guise of impersonating shippers, police, and military officers, defrauding the feelings of more than 8,000 victims nationwide, with an estimated amount of money embezzled of over 300 billion VND.

After checking and classifying the subjects, the Cambodian authorities handed over all 59 subjects and some evidence seized in the case to the Lai Chau Provincial Police Investigation Agency. In relation to the case, the police have so far arrested 66 subjects.

The successful breaking of the case demonstrates the close cooperation between Vietnam and the Kingdom of Cambodia in general, and the police forces of the two countries in particular, in the context of the signing ceremony of the United Nations Convention against Cybercrime (Hanoi Convention) hosted by Vietnam on October 25-26 in Hanoi. Lai Chau Provincial Police is one of the units that has just started to make achievements, affirming the determination to not tolerate cybercrime and protect the peaceful life of the people.

Lai Chau Provincial Police are completing procedures to receive the above group of subjects through a border gate of a province bordering Cambodia, then extradite the group to the Provincial Police to continue investigating and expanding the case.