Nghe An police arrest a subject who fraudulently issued and exchanged driver's licenses online
Nguyen Van Hung (born in 1992), residing in Quang Xuong district, Thanh Hoa province, has just been arrested and prosecuted by Tan Ky district police (Nghe An) after posting on social media about accepting applications for driving test, renewal, and upgrade licenses and then defrauding people of their property.
Previously, through monitoring the situation on cyberspace, Tan Ky District Police discovered that the owner of the Facebook account "Manh Hung" posted content about accepting applications for exams, issuance, renewal, upgrading, and restoration of car driving licenses, showing signs of suspected criminal activity of fraud and property appropriation.
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Accordingly, many people in many provinces and cities across the country, including citizens of Tan Ky district (Nghe An), have contacted the above account owner to apply for a driver's license and upgrade their license; many of them have transferred money into the account as requested by the subject.
Faced with the above situation, Tan Ky District Police reported to the Provincial Police leaders to establish a special project to fight.
During the investigation, the Investigation Team identified the owner of the above Facebook account as Nguyen Van Hung (born in 1992), residing in Quang Luu Commune, Quang Xuong District, Thanh Hoa Province. After collecting sufficient documents and evidence, on the evening of May 20, 2024, in Quang Luu Commune, Quang Xuong District, Thanh Hoa Province, the Investigation Team arrested Nguyen Van Hung for fraud and property appropriation. The evidence seized from the subject was 01 mobile phone, in which the phone contained the Facebook account "Manh Hung" that the subject used to commit the crime.
At the police station, faced with undeniable documents and evidence, Nguyen Van Hung admitted to his crime. Accordingly, although he did not have a stable job, Hung introduced himself as a "driving instructor at the Driving Training and Testing Center; if you register to take a driving test or upgrade your license, you do not have to take the theory test, you only need to take the test and everything will be taken care of from A to Z".
Through the investigation, Tan Ky District Police initially determined that Nguyen Van Hung had defrauded 15 victims in Tan Ky, Anh Son, Con Cuong districts (Nghe An province) and 10 victims in Thanh Hoa, Ha Tinh, Gia Lai and Binh Phuoc provinces to appropriate more than 300 million VND.
Currently, the project is being expanded.
Tan Ky District Police announced that anyone who is a victim of Nguyen Van Hung should contact the police for coordination in resolving the matter.