Man rents 8 self-driving cars and pawns them, 'pockets' billions
Taking advantage of the simple procedure for renting a self-driving car, in a short time, Thang rented 8 cars and then made fake documents to mortgage and appropriate billions of dong.
On December 18, the Command Board of Team 4, Criminal Police Department, Ho Chi Minh City Police announced that they had just arrested Nguyen Minh Thang (born in 1989, residing in District 11). Thang is a fraudster.seized 8 carsby renting a self-driving car and then pawning it
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| Win at the police station. |
From the victim's report about a subject renting a self-driving car and then appropriating it, detectives of team 4 started to verify. On December 4, when Thang was pawning the Fortuner, he was caught red-handed by detectives with evidence and a set of fake documents. Before that, he had appropriating 7 cars of various types and using fake documents to pawn each car for 250-450 million VND.
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| Many fake seals and documents were seized. |
Through investigation, Thang said that the conditions for renting a self-driving car were quite easy, only requiring a notarized ID card and household registration, so Thang came up with the idea of fraud. After renting the car, Thang went online to find someone to make fake documents for 5.5 million VND/set.
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| Thang rented the car and then pawned it. |
From Thang's clue, the police also arrested Vu Ngoc Anh Dung (born 1981), residing in Tan Thoi Hiep ward, district 12. Searching Dung's residence, the police seized many vehicle registration papers of various types, notary office seals and several other fake documents.