The trick of luring customers to steal 13 cars of the 9X 'monster'

Through the work of grasping the situation, the Office of the Criminal Police Department (Nghe An Provincial Police) saw a situation where a number of people in Nghe An province, after having bought a car for a while, received a call from a person who introduced himself as a car dealership employee, informing them that the dealership was having a tax refund promotion program and giving away accessory packages.

Accordingly, customers will receive an amount equivalent to 10% of the vehicle's value but are required to give the vehicle and vehicle documents to the subject to complete the procedure.

Some car buyers then trusted and handed over their cars and documents to the subject. After a while, when they wanted to get their cars back, the subject gave many reasons to delay returning the cars, making people very upset.

Also at this time, the Office of the Criminal Police Department (Provincial Police) discovered that some pawnshops in the province were pawning cars illegally.

Determining that the above case is very complicated and affects security and order, the behavior of the subjects shows signs of the crimes of "Fraudulent appropriation of property" and "Consuming property obtained by others through crime" with very sophisticated tricks, the Provincial Police leaders have directed the preparation of a case to fight.

Through verification, the Office of the Provincial Police Department of Investigation identified the related subject as Tran Thi H. (born 1997) - a sales employee of an auto shop in Vinh city.

By applying synchronous professional measures, the Office of the Criminal Police Department (Provincial Police) clarified: During the period from April 2023 to July 2024, due to losses in virtual currency investments online, in order to have money to pay off debt, Tran Thi H. contacted previous car buyers that H. had consulted to provide information that the car company the customer had purchased was having a tax refund promotion program and giving away accessory packages equivalent to 10% of the car's value; but required the customer to give the car and car documents to H.

When she got the customer's property, Tran Thi H. mortgaged it.

In addition, H. also went to car rental shops in Vinh city, Quynh Luu, Hoang Mai town to rent cars and then pawn them to get money to pay off debts, spend for personal expenses and invest in virtual currency.

Using the above tricks, Tran Thi H. committed 13 frauds, appropriating 13 cars worth more than 10 billion VND from 13 citizens in Nghe An province.

Currently, the above case is being further investigated by the Investigation Police Agency (Provincial Police).

Van Hau - Vuong Linh (Nghe An Police)