Authorities detain suspects who fabricated impressive academic transcripts to help students go abroad for studies.
Ho Thi Quynh Lien, an employee of a study abroad consulting company, colluded with Le Thi Hang Nga to alter academic transcripts so that students with insufficient grades could still study abroad.
On July 18th, the Bac Tu Liem District Police (Hanoi) initiated a criminal case, indicted the suspects, and issued a temporary detention order against Pham Viet Luong (born in 1988, residing in Tan Ky District, Nghe An Province), Le Thi Hang Nga (born in 1990, residing in Me Linh District, Hanoi), Ha The Duy (born in 1986, residing in Chiem Hoa District, Tuyen Quang Province), and Ho Thi Quynh Lien (born in 1991, residing in Vinh City, Nghe An Province) for the crime of forging seals and documents of agencies and organizations.
Earlier, on July 1st, during a patrol in Phuc Dien ward, Bac Tu Liem district, police discovered a young man holding two sets of documents with suspicious behavior at the entrance of alley 177, Cau Dien street.
When the police conducted an administrative check, the young man admitted that he was delivering fake documents to customers. The police recorded the incident and took him to the station for further investigation.
At the police station, the young man was identified as Ha The Duy, a ride-hailing motorbike driver. Duy and a woman regularly obtained fake documents and delivered them to customers.
Based on Duy's testimony, a network producing and selling counterfeit documents was uncovered. In this network, Luong was the one directly producing the fake documents, Nga was the one posting the advertisements, and Lien was the customer placing the order.
During an urgent search of Luong's residence in Me Linh district, the police seized a blue and white laser engraving machine, a laptop, a color printer, 100 file covers, and 126 unused school report cards of various types.
In addition, the police also seized 14,568 seven-color stamps, 596 seal faces, 7 boxes of various types of seals, 38 unused blank high school diplomas, a plastic laminating machine, and many other related items.
During the investigation, the police determined that Lien was an employee at a study abroad consulting company located in Vinh City, Nghe An province. She approached Nga to forge academic transcripts when she encountered students with low grades who did not meet the requirements for studying abroad.
The case is currently under investigation.
