Arrested a group of young men who scammed more than 500 people into borrowing money online
The subjects posted information about online lending, asked borrowers to pay fees and then appropriated more than 10 billion VND.
On April 23, the Criminal Police Department of Da Nang City Police is temporarily detaining 8 suspects to investigate the act of fraud and property appropriation. This group consists of 5 men and 3 women, aged from 20 to 27.
According to the investigation, from the end of 2021 until now, subjects impersonating financial company employees and bank employees have posted information about lending money online.
The subjects require borrowers to pay additional fees to receive money such as: loan fees, loan insurance fees, loan record retention fees... and then appropriate the money.
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The group of subjects were detained. Photo: CACC |
On January 31, Ms. NTH (57 years old, living in Hai Chau district) needed money so she contacted the phone number that this group posted online.
This group asked her to transfer documents via Zalo and pay fees for disbursement. After transferring more than 150 million VND many times but not receiving the loan, Ms. H. realized she had been scammed.
Using this trick, the subjects have defrauded more than 500 victims nationwide with a total amount of more than 10 billion VND.
The investigation agency seized many exhibits, including 3 desktop CPUs, 2 laptops, 30 mobile phones and 70 phone SIM cards.
The case is under further investigation.