Breaking up a ring of fake American businessmen who stole billions of dong from 'ladies'
(Baonghean.vn) - Nguyen Thi Hang was identified as the leader of a fraud ring targeting "ladies" lacking love.
On June 10, information from the Criminal Police Department of Nghe An Province Police said that the unit has just initiated a case, prosecuted the accused, and detained Nguyen Thi Hang (born in 1988), residing in Quan Bau Ward, Vinh City, for the crime of "Fraudulent appropriation of property".
Since early 2020, Nguyen Thi Hang has colluded with Njoku Peter Chikere (born 1983), a Nigerian national currently living in Malaysia, and many people in Ho Chi Minh City to carry out scams via Facebook.
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| Subject Nguyen Thi Hang. Photo: Nhu Binh |
This group of subjects, through Facebook messages, introduced themselves as American businessmen currently working abroad to get to know the victims. After building trust with the victims, the subjects would flirt, promising to arrange work, move to Vietnam to live and build a happy family.
To gain their trust, they said they sent valuable gifts to the victims along with shipping receipts. Then, Nguyen Thi Hang pretended to be an employee of a freight company or an airport employee and contacted the victims to inform them of the receipt of the parcels. To receive these items, the victims had to pay a fee and transfer money to Hang's accounts.
Initially, the investigation agency identified 13 victims in Hue, Ho Chi Minh City, Da Nang... The amount of money Hang and her accomplices embezzled was nearly 20 billion VND.
The case is currently under further investigation.