Using the cover of a businessman to defraud billions

Previously, through public feedback and professional measures, the Cyber ​​Security and High-Tech Crime Prevention Department of Nghe An Provincial Police discovered that Le Thanh Phong (born in 1987), residing in Ngoc Son commune, Quynh Luu district, regularly engaged in fraud.appropriation of propertyin the form of tricking players into buying lottery numbers. They used completely new and very sophisticated tricks compared to other subjects that Nghe An police have arrested so far.

With the cover of a real estate businessman; a training specialist, supplying crew members for the shipping industry, a construction contractor driving a billion-dollar car, living in a villa to deceive the people and authorities about his income, Phong has committed the above fraud since 2015 until now.

Two subjects Le Thanh Phong and Tran Ngoc Tan. Photo: Quynh Trang

To attract and entice a large number of players to trust him for such a long period of time, Phong discussed with Pham Van Duong (born in 1987), residing in Xuan Hoa commune, Vu Thu district, Thai Binh province - Phong's university classmate) to build a software under the name of the Company's lottery prediction software with a server located in the Philippines that can accurately provide the results of the last pairs of numbers of the Northern Lottery prizes.

Every day, Duong will be the one to post videos on the YouTube channel "Cầu Đạt Biệt hôm nay" to explain and introduce the results of the pairs of numbers that the software gives out that match the drawing time of the Northern Lottery Company and the result is almost always winning with the lottery results of that day.

To make players more confident, Phong directly used the Zalo account "Digital Technology" to text and exchange with players about the prices of numbers from 5 million VND to 30 million VND; along with the promise of 100% accurate numbers, there were many images of Zalo chats that the subjects created themselves about texting to sell numbers and winning prizes.

To have Phong's group sell the numbers, players must transfer money in advance to ACB bank accounts number 21277137 in the name of Ho Gia Bao, account 15699757 in the name of Bui Phi Hung and several other banks.

Many players, after paying money to buy numbers from Phong, realized they were scammed, but he still brazenly challenged them even though the players had filed a complaint with the authorities.

Using similar methods and tricks, the Department of Cyber ​​Security and High-Tech Crime Prevention discovered that Tran Ngoc Tan (born in 1995), residing in Ngoc Son commune, Quynh Luu district, Nghe An, used the YouTube channel "Vuong Son 286" and Zalo account named "Vuong Son" to exchange, contact, and trick players into buying his numbers by transferring money to ACB bank account number 22379227 under the name Phan Kim Hoa.

After a period of investigation, on January 14, 2022, the Department of Cyber ​​Security and High-Tech Crime Prevention and Control coordinated with the Criminal Police Department to arrest Le Thanh Phong and Tran Ngoc Tan.

Through the statements of the above bank accounts, it was determined that from September 2021 until the time of arrest, Phong's group had defrauded more than 100 victims with an amount of over 1.2 billion VND; from November 2021 until the time of arrest, Tan had defrauded more than 40 victims with an amount of over 200 million VND.

Currently, more than 15 victims in many provinces and cities across the country have contacted the police to coordinate work related to the above fraud content.

The subjects were detained by the Criminal Police Department of Nghe An Province to serve the investigation.

Anyone who is a victim in the above cases, please contact the Department of Cyber ​​Security and High-Tech Crime Prevention (via phone number 0692905010, meet comrade Hieu) or the Investigation Police Agency of Nghe An Province Police for resolution.