Arrested 3 more leaders of Facebook hacking group that defrauded more than 20 billion VND
(Baonghean.vn) - Vinh City Police determined that these 3 subjects played a leading role, directly hacking Facebook, creating a scenario to borrow money to defraud and appropriate tens of billions of dong from hundreds of victims.
Tricks of young group to defraud billions of dong from Facebook players
(Baonghean.vn) - When the victim transfers money, these subjects quickly transfer it to another account, buy virtual money or send their henchmen to disguise themselves as motorbike taxi drivers, work for hire, then go to ATMs to withdraw all the money before the victim comes to their senses.
On the afternoon of May 15, Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Huu Cuong - Deputy Head of Vinh City Police, said that the Investigation Police Agency had just issued a decision to prosecute the case, prosecute the accused, and temporarily detain for 3 months 13 subjects, all residing in Quang Tri province, to investigate the crime of "Using computer networks, telecommunications networks, and electronic means to appropriate property" under Article 290 of the Penal Code.
Of the 13 defendants, three have just been arrested: Nguyen Quang Linh (born in 1998, residing in Hai Phu commune, Hai Lang district, Quang Tri); Le Vu Hai (born in 1996, residing in Trieu Thuong commune, Trieu Phong district, Quang Tri) and Hoang Huu Su (born in 1998, residing in Trieu Ai commune, Trieu Phong district, Quang Tri).
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| 3 ringleaders have just been arrested. Photo: Pham Bang |
“Investigating the case further, we determined that these three subjects were the ringleaders, directly responsible for hacking Facebook, then deceiving the victims to appropriate their property,” said Major Tran Cong Kien, Deputy Head of the Vinh City Police General Investigation Team.
This group of leaders has 5 members, including Vo Tung Duong (born in 1999, residing in Trieu Long commune, Trieu Phong district), who is serving a 36-month suspended sentence sentenced by the People's Court of Quang Tri province in December 2017 for committing a similar crime.
After many days of investigation, Vinh City Police initially determined that this group of 13 subjects had hacked more than 500 Facebook accounts, texted to ask to borrow money, scratch cards... with an amount of up to more than 20 billion VND. However, the police agency said that the amount of illegal profits as well as the victims of this group have not stopped here.
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| Subjects with online fraud and evidence at Vinh City Police. Photo: PB |
“Each scam they take on average from 50 to 100 million VND, but there are also some cases where it is more than 300 million VND. There are days when they take nearly 1 billion VND,” said Major Kien.
Previously, as reported by Nghe An Newspaper, after many months of establishing a special project, at the end of April 2019, Vinh City Police arrested 13 young men from Quang Tri in Da Nang City. 3 of them were later temporarily released because it was determined that they did not participate in the fraud.
During the arrest, the investigation agency seized 750 million VND along with many bank accounts, computers, and phones. In addition, the detectives also seized 8 pink pills.
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| 750 million VND along with many computers and phones confiscated by the police. Photo: PB |
After many days of publicizing the phone number of Vinh City Police investigators on Nghe An Newspaper, the Investigation Committee has received more than 1,000 calls from people reporting. Many people have been invited to give statements and provide related documents.
Recognizing that there are still many victims of this fraud group, the Vinh City Police Department is continuing to investigate and expand the case.
Vinh City Police announced that anyone who has transferred money to the following accounts should report to the police:
1. Account Le Hong Chau, Account No: 105869474016, Vietinbank, Branch 6, Ho Chi Minh City
2. Account Tran Viet Hoa, Account No: 100869477036, Vietinbank, Branch 12, Ho Chi Minh City
3. Account number: Pham Ngoc Dat, STK: 19033887875037, Techcombank, Ho Chi Minh City branch
4. Hoang Hong Son account, account number: 19039922739039, Techcombank, Ho Chi Minh City branch
5. Account Pham Phu Hung, account number: 19033826073019, Techcombank, Hanoi branch and account number: 19033888785029, Techcombank, Hanoi branch.
6. Hoang Son Ha account, account number: 020076346888 and 020074857893, Sacombank.