Made up a kidnapping story to take money from his mistress.
On February 15, Vung Tau City Police continued to work with Nguyen Hoang Viet (born in 1980, residing in Thoi Lai district, Can Tho city; current residence: Ward 5, Vung Tau city, Ba Ria-Vung Tau province) to verify the act of appropriating property of Ms. Tran TN (born in 1982, currently living with Viet as husband and wife).
According to initial information, Nguyen Hoang Viet worked as a motorbike taxi driver in Ward 5, Vung Tau City. Due to needing money to pay off debts and for personal expenses, Viet came up with the idea of fabricating a story about being kidnapped to steal money from his mistress (Ms. Tran TN).
At noon on February 14, Viet drove HQT (born in 2006, residing in Thoi Lai district, Can Tho city) from Vung Tau city to Long Khanh district, Dong Nai. There, Viet ran into a rubber forest and called Ms. N., crying, saying that he was tied up, beaten and asked to transfer 60 million VND to be released.
Fearing that Viet was in danger, Ms. N. transferred 20 million VND to the account provided by Viet and reported it to the police.
The Criminal Police Department of the Provincial Police, Vung Tau City Police coordinated with the Criminal Police Department - Ministry of Public Security, the Cyber Security and High-Tech Crime Prevention Department of Ba Ria-Vung Tau Provincial Police, and Dong Nai Provincial Police to quickly deploy forces to verify and clarify.
Through the synchronous application of professional measures, at about 1:40 a.m. on February 15, the Working Group inspected the house of HQT (born in 1984) in Long Khanh District, Dong Nai Province and discovered Nguyen Hoang Viet sleeping in HQT's house, and there were no signs of being tied up or beaten. The Working Group invited the related subjects to Vung Tau City Police to continue the investigation.
Working with the police, Nguyen Hoang Viet initially confessed his wrongdoings and said: He is currently in debt of 38 million VND, so he made up a story about being kidnapped to appropriate 60 million VND from Ms. Tran TN.
In addition, Nguyen Hoang Viet also confessed that during this time he met another woman named X. In addition to the 38 million VND used to pay off debt, Viet planned to keep the remaining money to spend and pay rent for his girlfriend named X. The case is currently being further verified and clarified.