Modified credit contract, defrauded 21 billion VND from customers and then fled

On August 7, the Criminal Police Department of Da Nang City Police announced that it had arrested Nguyen Van Lam (born 1987), from Tien Canh commune, Tien Phuoc district, Quang Nam province, according to the Wanted Order for the act of "Fraudulent appropriation of property”.

According to initial investigation, since 2017, while working as an employee at a bank in Da Nang, Lam became acquainted with Ms. NTBC (48 years old), residing in Hai Chau district.

Due to his many relationships with customers, Lam collaborated with Ms. C. to support many people in need of loans, bank maturity, and bad debt maturity to earn the difference.

After a period of working together, Lam built up a reputation with Mrs. C., so all matters related to maturity or borrowing, Mrs. C. let Lam handle with Mr. NXH (45 years old), residing in Thanh Binh ward, Hai Chau district, who is Mrs. C's younger brother.

Nguyen Van Lam. Photo: CA

From October 2018 to March 2019, taking advantage of the trust of Ms. C. and Mr. H., Lam falsified and altered information on loan contracts and agreements to appropriate nearly 21 billion VND from Ms. C. and 15 other people.

The least person was cheated out of 500 million VND, the most out of 3.5 billion VND. Notably, there was a case where Lam only borrowed 300 million VND but changed the loan contract to 3.5 billion VND.

In addition, Lam also defrauded 4 other people's red books to mortgage to Ms. C. to borrow a total of more than 7 billion VND and then fled.

Receiving the victim's crime report, in October 2019, the Da Nang City Police Investigation Agency issued a wanted notice for Nguyen Van Lam.

During his time in hiding, Lam stayed in many localities: Binh Dinh, Phu Yen, Khanh Hoa, Ho Chi Minh City, then went to Lam Dong.

Through investigation, the Criminal Police Department of Da Nang City Police coordinated with Da Lat City Police (Lam Dong) to arrest Lam at an apartment on Quang Trung Street, Ward 9.