Another subject arrested for defrauding the elderly by selling high-priced goods in Nghe An

On November 29, Tan Ky District Police announced that they had just prosecuted and issued a temporary detention order for Pham Trong Phuong (31 years old, residing in Te Nong Commune, Nong Cong District, Thanh Hoa) for the crime of deceiving customers. Phuong was prosecuted as an accomplice during the investigation expansion process.The case of customer fraud occurred in Tan Ky town.

According to the investigation, Phuong was the one who introduced and sold the products to customers for illegal profits. After the police started investigating, Phuong quickly fled. After more than a month, he was arrested while hiding in Hoang Mai district - Hanoi. At the police station, Phuong initially admitted to the crime.

Previously, on November 5, Tan Ky District Police issued a decision to prosecute the case and prosecute Nguyen Thi Lanh (46 years old, residing in Phu Xuan Commune, Thai Binh City, Thai Binh Province) for the crime of Customer Fraud. Lanh was accused of being the ringleader in the case.

Accordingly, on September 14 and 15, 2023,Nguyen Thi Lanhalong with his accomplices rented Dai Phu Gia Hotel in Tan Ky district under the pretext of organizing a conference to thank customers, then sold many products such as household appliances and functional foods at high prices. Specifically, most of the items had an actual value of less than 1 million VND, but with many tricks, this group defrauded and sold them to the elderly at prices up to 10 times higher, then took advantage of people's carelessness, and after receiving the money, the subjects fled. Initially, the police determined that the amount of money the subjects had defrauded customers of was more than 1 billion VND.

At the investigation agency, Phuong admitted his crime. Currently, the case is being further investigated and expanded.