The tactics of fraudulent land brokers who swindle billions of dong.
(Baonghean.vn) - Taking advantage of the need to expedite administrative procedures related to land transfer and sale, some individuals have offered to help, but in reality, they have defrauded people for personal gain amounting to billions of VND.
Hoang Mai town is an area where residents have a high demand for land-related procedures. Many people are unaware of the procedures, find them difficult to complete, or are hesitant to go through the process themselves, so they often ask or hire others to do it for them.
Through intelligence gathering and preliminary investigations, the Hoang Mai Town Police discovered several individuals who regularly received money to process land-related documents and procedures for others. Some of these individuals showed signs of exploiting this system to defraud and misappropriate people's property. In response to this situation, in early December 2021, the unit established a special task force to focus on combating and clarifying this activity.
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| The suspect and evidence seized in the case. Photo: Thuy Anh |
After a period of gathering evidence, the investigation team identified Le Hoang Vinh Thien (born in 1988), residing in Bac My Hamlet, Quynh Thien Ward, Hoang Mai Town, as a suspect. While the team was closely monitoring Thien's movements and activities related to regularly receiving money for land title documents for others, they received a report from Ms. NTH (born in 1966), residing in Ai Quoc Hamlet, Quynh Phuong Ward, Hoang Mai Town, alleging that she had been defrauded of 640,000,000 VND. Based on the description of the suspect, the team found that the individual matched Thien, the person under investigation.
After gathering sufficient evidence, on December 20, 2021, the Hoang Mai Town Police decided to crack the case and issue a warrant.Emergency detention orderRegarding Le Hoang Vinh Thien.
At the Hoang Mai Town Police Investigation Agency, the suspect initially confessed: Around January 2021, Thien received 140,000,000 VND from Ms. NTH to process the conversion of land use purpose from agricultural land to residential land in Quynh Phuong ward, Hoang Mai town.
In April 2021, this individual again received 100,000,000 VND from Ms. NTH to process the conversion of land use purpose from agricultural land to residential land for another plot of land in Tan Phong block, Quynh Phuong ward, Hoang Mai town.
In both cases, after receiving the money, Thien did not do anything to help Ms. H. with the procedures for obtaining a land use right certificate.
Not stopping there, in July 2021, Le Hoang Vinh Thien defrauded Ms. NTH of 400,000,000 VND, claiming it was for a joint deposit to buy a plot of land in Quynh Loc commune, Hoang Mai town. However, after receiving the money from Ms. H., Thien did not use it as a deposit to buy the land but instead used it for personal purposes.
Furthermore, the investigating agency clarified that on December 21, 2020, Thien used a fake land use right certificate with an address in Quynh Lien commune, Hoang Mai town (Thien had previously sold the land along with the real certificate to someone else) to mortgage it at the pawn shop of Ms. D.TH, residing in Bac My block, Quynh Thien ward, Hoang Mai town, to borrow 650,000,000 VND. To gain the lender's trust, the suspect wrote a land sale agreement. Because she trusted Thien, Ms. Hien agreed and gave Thien 650,000,000 VND.
During the investigation, the Hoang Mai Town Police Investigation Agency initially determined that the total amount of money Le Hoang Vinh Thien embezzled was 1,290,000,000 VND.
Based on the documents and evidence collected, the Hoang Mai Town Police are completing the case file to initiate criminal proceedings, indict the suspects, and continue the investigation to expand the case.
