Arrested a group of people who sold counterfeit money on social networks, embezzling more than 6 billion VND
14 people were prosecuted and temporarily detained to investigate the act of fraud in selling counterfeit money via social networks, appropriating more than 6 billion VND.
Bao Loc City Police today prosecuted and temporarily detained 14 people to investigate the act of "Fraudulent appropriation of property".
In addition, 5 of the 14 defendants, including Pham Minh Thanh (26 years old, residing in Ward 1, Bao Loc City), Tran Hoai Tien (32 years old, from Ho Chi Minh City), Nguyen Hoai Tam (24 years old, from Bao Lam District, Lam Dong Province) and 2 other accomplices are also being investigated for additional acts."Fraudulent organization of property appropriation".
Previously, in June, Bao Loc City Police discovered a group of people using social media to sell counterfeit money, so they launched an investigation.
On July 24, the police simultaneously raided 4 locations, which were houses rented by this group for their activities. Here, the police seized 1 car, 1 motorbike, 15 desktop computers, 10 ATM and VISA cards, 19 phones...
In addition, the authorities also found many sacks containing "hell" money worth 200,000 VND and many paper boxes containing deodorant granules and cement.
At the police station, Pham Minh Thanh and his accomplices confessed to renting many houses in Bao Loc City to conduct fraud. The group bought junk SIM cards, created many Facebook accounts, then ran ads selling counterfeit money at a rate of 200,000 VND real money for 5 million VND fake money; 250,000 VND real money for 10 million VND fake money; 300,000 VND real money for 15 million VND fake money...
Thanh confessed that when there was an order, they would package and deliver the counterfeit money to the buyer as agreed. The customer only needed to provide a phone number and delivery address without having to make a deposit. However, this group did not have counterfeit money but instead had items such as deodorant powder, cement powder, etc. and hell money. The packages would be sent by express delivery. Upon receiving the goods, the customer was not allowed to check them in advance.
According to the police, in about 6 months, the above fraud ring successfully delivered more than 23,000 orders and appropriated more than 6 billion VND.
The case is under further investigation.