While still a student, he still organized for others to escape abroad.
(Baonghean.vn) - As students about to graduate with a bright future, Thoai and Duc chose the wrong path. Colluding with Truong Van Bac to send workers to South Korea to work illegally, both of them were severely punished by the law.
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Truong Van Thoai (born in 1993), residing in Luong Ngoai commune, Ba Thuoc district, Thanh Hoa and Luu Van Duc (born in 1991), residing in Hung Yen Nam commune, Hung Nguyen district, Nghe An, are students at a large university in Vinh city. Despite their age, both have not yet graduated due to outstanding coursework.
In their final year of college, both of them proactively looked for part-time jobs to earn extra income and gain experience to prepare for their graduation. While in need of a job, Thoại was told by his uncle from the same hometown, Truong Van Bac (born in 1992), about finding workers to send to Korea to work.
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| 3 defendants at the trial. Photo: Tran Vu |
Thoại then contacted his university friend, Dực. After Bắc confirmed his ability to send people to work in Korea for a fee of 12,000 USD (equivalent to 275 million VND), Dực further proved to be Bắc's right-hand man.
In July 2017, Duc took his nephew, Luu Van Th., to meet Bac to ask about going abroad. After agreeing on money and how to go to Korea to work, they all went to Hanoi to meet Bac to discuss the matter and deposit 50 million VND. One month later, Th.'s family transferred 210 million VND to Bac's account.
On December 22, 2017, Bac and Duc took Mr. Th. to Thailand to prepare for going to Korea. However, after waiting for many days, Mr. Th. still could not leave the country, so these subjects took him back to Hanoi.
In addition to defrauding the above victim, the subjects also defrauded 3 other workers, Nguyen Ba Ng., Tran Ngoc C., Nguyen Tam H., using similar methods. The only thing is, the amount for this trip was increased by Bac to 350 million VND to enjoy the difference.
The investigation agency determined that from December 2017 to May 2018, the subjects Truong Van Bac, Luu Van Duc, and Truong Van Thoai collected a total of 760 million VND from many workers. In this case, Bac played the role of mastermind and leader, Duc and Thoai played the role of accomplices.
The victim is also at fault.
Recently, the provincial People's Court opened a trial for the defendants Truong Van Bac, Luu Van Duc, and Truong Van Thoai for the crime of "Organizing others to flee abroad". Attending the trial as a person with obligations related to the case, Mr. Tran Ngoc C. said that because he trusted the promises of the subjects to "go to Korea legally", he agreed to borrow money from the bank to give to Bac.
“We had no idea we were being scammed until we were taken to China. There, we were taken to a company and told we would be working there. Panicking, we put pressure on them to return to Vietnam,” Mr. C. recounted.
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| Mr. Th. recounts how he was deceived. Photo: Tran Vu |
Another victim’s parent stated: “Now, we only ask the defendants to return the money they have appropriated. Because now, every month we have to pay interest on the borrowed money while rural life is poor, not prosperous.”
The judge analyzed that in this case, the victims were also partly at fault. Although they knew that many districts in Nghe An were not allowed to go to Korea to work according to the announcement of the government of the neighboring country, the victims still took the risk. Because everyone understood that spending a large sum of money to go to Korea for tourism and then stay to work was a violation of the law, but they still accepted it.
The defendants, despite knowing that it was illegal, still deliberately deceived the workers. The defendants’ actions not only violated the law but also tarnished the image of Vietnam in the eyes of international friends. The defendants’ actions deserve condemnation.
The People's Court sentenced Truong Van Bac to 5 years in prison, Luu Van Duc to 3 years in prison, and Truong Van Thoai to 2 years in prison for "Organizing others to flee abroad", forcing the defendants to return the money they had appropriated from the victims.