Group of subjects forged bank accounts to defraud, illegally profiting 2.5 billion VND
(Baonghean.vn) - Nghe An Provincial Police and the Department of Cyber Security and High-Tech Crime Prevention (Ministry of Public Security) have just co-chaired a successful investigation, arresting 7 subjects in a ring of fake bank accounts for fraud.
Accordingly, through the investigation, Nghe An Provincial Police discovered a group of subjects who took advantage of the policies of banks to implement promotional programs to give bonuses (vouchers) to new customers and people who refer them to open online payment accounts of banks to appropriate money.
The subjects, including: Nguyen Tat Thang (born in 1988), Nguyen Minh Ha (born in 1992), Nguyen Van Tuan (born in 1990), all residing in Tam Quang commune, Tuong Duong district, Nghe An province; Le Van Thang, (born in 2000) and Phung Anh Tuan (born in 1990), all residing in Thua Thien Hue province, committed acts of fraud to appropriate property and forge and use documents of agencies and organizations. In which, Nguyen Tat Thang was the mastermind and the remaining 4 subjects assisted Thang in different stages to commit the crime.
Specifically, the subjects used many high-tech applications to create fake bank accounts, bypass the bank's censorship system, and successfully open electronic payment accounts with the aim of appropriating bank vouchers.
After investigating and collecting evidence, on December 28, 2023, the Police Department urgently arrested the above 5 subjects. The seized exhibits included: 7 desktop computers, 2 laptops, 50 mobile phones, 2,000 phone SIM card blanks, 2,000 fake citizen ID photos and many electronic data related to the subjects' actions. Initial investigation results determined that the 5 subjects had forged more than 10,000 documents of agencies and organizations to create bank accounts to illegally profit 2.5 billion VND.
Expanding the investigation, on January 5, 2024, the Task Force arrested two more subjects related to the above-mentioned network: Hoang Thai Bao (born in 1996), residing in Phu Thuong commune, Vo Nhai district, Thai Nguyen province and Pham Do Anh Tuan (born in 1990), residing in group 32, Tan Chinh ward, Thanh Khe district, Da Nang city, for illegally buying, selling and exchanging more than 2,000 bank accounts set up by subjects in the network.
Currently, the Investigation Police Agency of Nghe An Province Police is continuing to investigate and consolidate evidence to combat and handle the subjects according to the law.