Former police lieutenant sells cheap Rolls-Royce cars
Ha Van Nguyen is a fire police officer but impersonated an employee of the Ministry of Public Security to trick a woman into selling Rolls-Royce, Cadillac cars... to receive a deposit of 500 million VND.
On November 11, Ha Van Nguyen (former officer of the Fire Police Department of Tan Binh District) was sentenced to 9 years in prison by the People's Court of Ho Chi Minh City for the crime ofFraudulent appropriation of propertyandForging document seals of organizations and agencies.
According to the indictment, around June 2015, Nguyen contacted his friend named Van, an officer at the Department of Economic and Position Crime Investigation (Ministry of Public Security), to ask if there was any unit that liquidated cheap cars so that he could introduce them to his friends to buy.
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Former police officer released on bail to appear in court. Photo:HD |
Mr. Van then found information online about the seizure of some supercars and sent it to Nguyen. Although this person said he did not know whether or not to sell them, Nguyen still made a list of cars including Rolls-Royce, Cadillac... and then introduced them to many people.
Meeting Mrs. Bong, Nguyen claimed to be an officer of the Office of the Ministry of Public Security's Investigation Police Agency in Ho Chi Minh City, saying that the agency was liquidating 3 cars as evidence. Nguyen agreed to sell them to Mrs. Bong and her relatives at a low price.
To gain trust, on December 21, 2015, Nguyen took her, her son and a friend to the canteen of the Ministry of Public Security headquarters on Nguyen Trai Street to sign a contract and receive a deposit of 500 million VND. Mrs. Bong gave Nguyen 400 million VND in cash in advance, and the rest was transferred.
After a while, being urged by Mrs. Bong but not delivering the car, Nguyen himself drafted 3 sales contracts, showing that the Department of Investigation Police on Economic Crimes and Corruption liquidated the car for Mrs. Bong. In early January 2016, he bought fake stamps to stamp on the contracts and then gave them to Mrs. Bong to prolong the time.
Still waiting for the car but still not seeing it, Mrs. Bong urged her to file a complaint if it was not delivered. Captain Nguyen returned the deposit. However, the incident was still reported to the police. Nguyen was stripped of his military rank and prosecuted.
At court, Nguyen admitted his wrongdoing but said it did not constitute fraud as accused.