Tricks of the group that specializes in deceiving women by receiving gifts

Hundreds of women in many provinces and cities were approached by Michael IkeChukwu Leonard's group through social networks, tricked into transferring money to pay fines in exchange for valuable gifts from their "lovers" from abroad.

Group of subjects in the fraud ring - Photo: CA

On May 3, the Investigation Police Agency of Can Tho City Police announced that it had completed the investigation conclusion and transferred the case file to the People's Procuracy at the same level to propose prosecuting 4 defendants in the transnational fraud ring for fraud and property appropriation.

Investigators identified the leader of this fraud ring that defrauded hundreds of women as Micheal IkeChukwu Leonard (44 years old, Nigerian nationality).

The group of Vietnamese defendants who assisted Michael included Huynh Ha Binh (26 years old), Huynh Ha Uyen (24 years old, Binh's younger sister, both residing in District 8, Ho Chi Minh City) and Nguyen Tran Quynh Nhi (25 years old, residing in District 4, Ho Chi Minh City).

According to the investigation, in 2014, Binh lived with Michael as husband and wife in Cambodia, then together with his sister and Nhi joined a ring that specialized in defrauding women by receiving expensive gifts guided by a Landlord (whose identity, background, and friend of Michael have not been determined).

This group's trick is to go on social media and introduce themselves as successful businessmen abroad but with unfortunate marriages (divorce, wife's death...) to get to know and confess their love to single Vietnamese women.

After a period of friendship, the scam group tried to give valuable gifts such as laptops, iPhones, jewelry, cosmetics... but they used the excuse that the gifts arrived at the airport in Vietnam and were detained by customs, and the person who wanted to receive the gifts had to pay a fine in advance.

The girls were then instructed to transfer money to an account designated by the group. Immediately after the money was transferred to the designated account, the group quickly withdrew it all using ATM cards in Cambodia.

After receiving complaints from the victims, Can Tho police set up an investigation team and discovered that this ring had defrauded hundreds of women in many other localities.

Through monitoring, on March 31, 2016, discovering a group of criminals entering Vietnam, Can Tho City police coordinated with local police to deploy forces to Ho Chi Minh City to arrest them.

According to the conclusion of Can Tho City Police, the group has appropriated more than 4 billion VND from victims in 12 provinces and cities (Hanoi, Quang Ninh, Thai Nguyen, Thua Thien Hue...).

According to Tuoi Tre