Former bank employee swindles friends' money to invest in forex
Because he needed money to invest in foreign exchange on the EXNESS exchange, Le Trung Duc pretended to borrow nearly 1.2 billion VND from friends to pay off bank loans and then embezzled it.
On August 12, the Office of the Criminal Police Department of Thua Thien - Hue Province Police announced that the unit had just arrested Le Trung Duc (born in 1994, residing in Dong Ba Ward, Hue City, Thua Thien - Hue Province) for his behavior.fraud and appropriation of property
Previously, due to needing money to invest in foreign exchange on the EXNESS exchange to make a profit, Le Trung Duc (a former credit officer at a branch of a large bank in Thua Thien - Hue, headquartered on Nguyen Trai Street, Tay Loc Ward, Hue City) had the idea of borrowing money from friends and relatives to buy gold and Bitcoin cryptocurrency on the EXNESS exchange.
By pretending to borrow money to pay off bank loans, Duc borrowed a total of nearly 1.2 billion VND from friends and then appropriated it.
According to Thua Thien - Hue Police, regarding the issue of foreign exchange investment, the State Bank of Vietnam does not license any economic organization to conduct foreign exchange trading activities. Therefore, every citizen needs to be extremely careful and vigilant before investing money in foreign exchange trading floors to avoid "losing both money and health".
At the end of 2023, the Investigation Police Agency of Thua Thien - Hue Province also issued a decision to prosecute the case, prosecute the accused, and detain Vo Chi Thanh (born in 1992, residing in Thuy Chau ward, Huong Thuy town, Thua Thien - Hue province) and a credit officer at a bank for the crime of "fraudulent appropriation of property".
Previously, a male victim residing in Xuan Phu ward (Hue city) who was a savings customer at Thanh's bank accused Thanh of borrowing money from the victim many times to complete loan repayment procedures for customers and inviting the victim to contribute money to buy real estate.
Due to their close relationship, the victim trusted Thanh and lent him money many times. However, after receiving the money, Thanh did not complete the loan repayment procedures for the customer but used the money to pay off personal debts. It is known that the victim transferred money to Thanh 3 times with a total amount of 8.3 billion VND.
Continuing to expand the investigation, the Investigation Police Agency of Thua Thien - Hue Province Police determined that, by means of borrowing money to pay off bank debts and contributing capital to buy and sell real estate, Thanh appropriated more than 25 billion VND from many other people.