Female tycoon was scammed out of nearly 3 billion VND by a 'fake intelligence lieutenant general'

Pretending to be a 'military intelligence lieutenant general' who had a source to buy and liquidate many luxury cars, Nguyen Lam Hoi 'set a trap' and easily appropriated nearly 3 billion VND from a gullible female tycoon.

Through social relationships, Nguyen Tien Hai became acquainted with Nguyen Lam Hoi (69 years old, residing at 166 Dan Chu, Van Mieu Ward, Dong Da District, Hanoi). Although he had just served a 12-year prison sentence for fraud, Hoi was still the same, claiming to be named Hung, a Lieutenant General in the army, currently working at the General Department of Intelligence of the Ministry of National Defense.

Hoi boasted that he had an empty plot of land in front of the Trung Van Ward Police Station, Nam Tu Liem District, Hanoi, and was planning to sell it for 20 million VND/m2. Mr. Hai saw that it was cheap and asked Hoi to sell it to him. Because he did not have enough money, Mr. Hai borrowed 400 million VND from Ms. Vuong Thi Oanh to buy the land and introduced Ms. Oanh to Hoi.

From then on, with the label of a fake military intelligence general, along with the trick of showing off his wide connections, having sources to buy land according to industry standards and buying cheap liquidated luxury cars... Hoi made Ms. Oanh easily fall into the trap, appropriating a total of 2.3 billion VND from this female tycoon; 600 million VND from Mr. Hai.

After many delays in delivering the land and vehicle on time, Ms. Oanh and Mr. Hai asked him to write an IOU to receive the money, set a date to return the money or deliver the land, and if he did not do so, he would report to the police. Fearing being discovered, Hoi fled his residence.

"Fake military intelligence lieutenant general" Nguyen Lam Hoi at the Investigation Agency.

After a period of hiding, knowing that he could not escape, on September 11, Nguyen Lam Hoi had to present himself to the Investigation Agency. At the police station, Hoi admitted all his crimes. Hoi said he had paid off all the money he had embezzled from Ms. Oanh and Mr. Hai and spent most of it on personal expenses.

Currently, the Investigation Police Agency of Nam Tu Liem District Police has initiated a criminal case, prosecuted the accused and ordered the temporary detention of Nguyen Lam Hoi to continue investigating and clarifying the act of fraud and property appropriation.

According to CAND