Breaking up an illegal trading ring of bank account information led by a subject residing in Anh Son district

According to the Criminal Police Department, Nghe An Police, the case was successfully broken on October 11. The leader of the above line is Pham Ngoc Dat (born 2002), residing in Anh Son town, Anh Son district.

In 2020, Pham Ngoc Dat went to work in Cambodia. While working in the neighboring country, Dat learned that some subjects in Cambodia wanted to buy other people's bank account information at high prices. Although he knew in advance that the purpose of the subjects buying bank account information was to commit crimes, Dat, out of greed, still assisted in the illegal acts. Thinking is doing, immediately after returning to Vietnam, Dat "recruited" 7 other subjects, all residing in Anh Son district, to work as collaborators in the bank account information buying ring that Dat led.

7 subjects, including: Ngo Duc Y (born 1987), Nguyen Trong Duc (born 1995), Le Van Cuong (born 1990), Hoang Khac Trung (born 2002), Nguyen Van Cong, Nguyen Van Lap and Nguyen Van Ly (born 2004).

To defraud the victims, Dat and other members of the network informed the victims that Dat was currently looking to buy back bank account information to run advertising programs for 1.5 million VND/account. When the victims agreed to sell the information to Dat, Dat would proactively contact the subjects abroad and resell it for 4 million VND/account.

During the investigation, the police initially determined that Dat's group had defrauded and purchased information from 23 bank accounts, illegally profiting over 55 million VND. Notably, all the accounts, after being sold by Dat to subjects in Cambodia, were used to commit fraud and appropriate assets on the internet with transaction amounts of up to 200 billion VND/account.

The case is currently under further investigation.

To prevent consequences related to the activities of criminals illegally buying and selling information about bank accounts for the purpose of fraudulent appropriation of property, Nghe An Police advise people to absolutely not lend, take photos, rent, or buy their citizen identification cards (ID cards) or bank accounts to strangers without legitimate purposes. Do not post or share images of citizen identification cards, ID cards, or bank accounts on social networks. Do not provide information, citizen identification cards, or ID cards for non-essential services, without a commitment to ensure the safety of personal information on social networking platforms.

In case of loss of citizen identification card, citizen identification card, people need to immediately report to the authorities to get a new one. When being scammed by bad guys, stealing citizen identification information, citizen identification card to conduct illegal activities, people need to immediately contact the nearest authorities for support. If you know that the subject is using citizen identification card, bank account for illegal purposes, committing crimes but still covering up or still selling, renting, lending, you can be prosecuted for criminal liability as an accomplice.