Hot girl scams investors out of nearly 18 billion VND in real estate investment schemes.
Under the guise of a real estate broker, Le Thi Nguyet provided false information to borrow money or solicit investment capital, encouraging many people to participate. After many victims trusted her and invested nearly 18 billion VND, Nguyet embezzled the money for personal use.
On July 18th, the Office of the Criminal Investigation Agency of the Ha Tinh Provincial Police announced that it had issued a decision to initiate a criminal case, indict and temporarily detain Le Thi Nguyet (born in 2002), residing in Duc Thuan ward, Hong Linh town (formerly), now Bac Hong Linh ward, Ha Tinh province, for the crime of "Fraudulent appropriation of property".
Previously, the Office of the Provincial Police Investigation Agency received complaints from several victims residing in Bac Hong Linh ward, Ha Tinh province, accusing Le Thi Nguyet of fraudulent appropriation of money through deceptive investment schemes in real estate.
Upon receiving the information, the Investigation Agency's Office proceeded to collect initial documents and coordinated with the Bac Hong Linh Ward Police to gather information related to Le Thi Nguyet. Using professional investigative methods, the investigating agency determined that Le Thi Nguyet worked as a real estate broker, had recently suffered business losses, and had defrauded many people inside and outside the province, frequently being absent from the locality.
Based on the collected documents and evidence, the investigating agency summoned Le Thi Nguyet for questioning, and she admitted to her criminal act.
Accordingly, from 2020 to the present, Le Thi Nguyet worked as a real estate broker but suffered losses and went bankrupt. To get money to pay off her debts, Nguyet came up with the idea of defrauding others by borrowing money or soliciting investment capital in real estate.
The suspect provided false information to the victims, claiming that several plots of land had already been offered for sale but Nguyet lacked the funds for the deposit or purchase. She then urged the victims to invest, promising high profits in a short time, thus gaining their trust and prompting them to contribute money. After misappropriating the victims' money, Nguyet used it to repay previous debts.
According to initial investigations by the Provincial Police Investigation Agency, from December 2024 to April 2025, Le Thi Nguyet committed fraud and misappropriated assets from 11 victims in Ha Tinh province, totaling over 17.9 billion VND.
Based on the investigation documents, the investigating agency has issued a decision to initiate a criminal case, indict the suspect, and temporarily detain Le Thi Nguyet for the crime of "Fraudulent appropriation of property," as stipulated in Article 174 of the Penal Code.
Currently, the case is still under further investigation by the authorities.