Fraud of more than 2 billion VND, former deputy ward secretary received 12 years in prison

After being accused of fraud and property appropriation, the former Deputy Secretary of Phu Cat Ward fled and did not come to work. In total, 11 victims were scammed out of more than 2 billion VND.

On September 15, the People's Court of Thua Thien - Hue province opened a trial of Nguyen Van Tung (53 years old, Phu Cat ward, Hue city; former deputy secretary of the ward) for the crime of Fraudulent appropriation of property.

According to the indictment, at the end of 2010, Tung met Mr. Nguyen Gia Binh (33 years old, residing in Phu Cat ward, Hue city). Tung lied that he had a 200 m2 plot of land on Trinh Cong Son street granted by the Hue City People's Committee and wanted to transfer it.

To make Mr. Binh trust him, Tung forged Notice No. 1423/UBND-TB dated November 15, 2011 of the Hue City People's Committee by drafting a document. Tung printed it out, then cut out the part of the document with the seal of the Hue City People's Committee and the signature of the former Chairman of Hue City, Mr. Phan Trong Vinh, pasted it at the bottom of the document he had drafted, then photocopied it, and gave Mr. Binh the photocopied copy.

Former Deputy Secretary of Phu Cat Ward, Hue City, sentenced to 12 years in prison for fraud. Photo: Dien Quang

Trusting that Tung was the Deputy Secretary of the Phu Cat Ward Party Committee, Mr. Binh repeatedly gave the defendant money totaling 595 million VND to buy the land plot. Using similar tricks, Tung also tricked Mr. Le Van Hoang (45 years old, Hue City) into appropriating 210 million VND.

In addition, taking advantage of his connections, Tung said he was able to get jobs at agencies and units in the province. In total, Tung received money from 9 people and then embezzled a total of more than 1.4 billion VND.

Immediately after his fraudulent appropriation of property was exposed, Tung fled the area and did not go to the ward office for many days.

On June 1, 2015, the Chairman of the Hue City People's Committee issued a decision to dismiss Tung. On October 14, 2015, the Investigation Police Agency of Thua Thien Hue Province Police prosecuted and issued a (special) wanted notice for Nguyen Van Tung for the crime of Fraudulent appropriation of property.

On November 3, 2015, the Hue City Party Committee's Inspection Committee issued a decision to discipline him by expelling him from the Party. On November 27, 2015, Tung was arrested by the police.

The panel sentenced Tung to 12 years in prison for fraud and property appropriation and ordered the defendant to compensate nearly 1.8 billion VND to 11 victims.

According to Zing.vn