Woman sentenced for organizing others to flee abroad
Although he had no function of sending Vietnamese citizens to work abroad, for personal gain, Van colluded with a subject to send 4 people to Canada to work illegally.
On September 16, Nghe An Provincial People's Court opened a trial for defendant Nguyen Thi Khanh Van (born 1977), residing in Nghi Lien commune, Vinh city (Nghe An) for the crime of "Organizing for others to flee abroad.
According to the indictment, Nguyen Thi Khanh Van had no function of sending Vietnamese citizens to work abroad, but for the purpose of profit, she contacted Le Dinh Thuong to complete procedures to send 4 people including Truong Dinh Th., Vo Thi My N., Tran Duc M., Nguyen Thi H. to work in Canada at a cost of 20,000 USD/person.
The way to go is that the workers will go from Vietnam to Guinea with an invitation letter. Then, from Guinea, they will apply for a visa to Canada. Initially, Van will collect 10 million VND from each person as a deposit and passport so that Thuong can complete the procedures to apply for an invitation letter from Guinea.
When the flight schedule is available, Van will collect an additional $5,000 from each person. Once they reach Guinea, she will collect another $4,000 from each guest to prove her financial status. Van promises that she will only pay the full amount when she reaches Canada.
During the period from July to August 2022, Van advised 4 people to go to Canada in the above manner.
On August 17, 2022, Van picked up 4 people in Ho Chi Minh City and handed them over to Thuong, who took them directly to Canada.
A day later, Thuong took the above people to complete exit procedures from Vietnam to Guinea and waited to complete procedures to continue to Canada to stay and work.
After many months of waiting but not being able to go to Canada, in August 2023, the above citizens asked Van and Thuong to buy plane tickets to return to Vietnam.
The investigation agency determined that the four victims had paid Nguyen Thi Khanh Van 36,000 USD and 40 million VND. Van then transferred 33,000 USD and 66 million VND to Thuong, keeping nearly 27 million VND and 1,000 USD. After the incident was exposed, Thuong paid the victims some money.
At the trial, the defendant admitted his crime and asked the court to consider a reduced sentence. The victims requested that the defendant return the money.
After considering aggravating and mitigating circumstances, the People's Court sentenced Nguyen Thi Khanh Van to 18 months in prison for organizing others to flee abroad.
Regarding Le Dinh Thuong, because this subject has left the country, the investigation agency has not been able to work. However, with the collected evidence, the authorities have prosecuted the defendant Thuong for the crime of Organizing others to flee abroad. When he is arrested, he will be prosecuted later.