Sophisticated tricks of subjects forging health certificates in Nghe An

Vinh City Police have just arrested 3 subjects who forged health certificates from many hospitals in the province. The 3 arrested subjects include: Le Thi Bich (commonly known as Van, born in 1954, residing in Ngoc Lam Ward, Long Bien District, Hanoi), Truong Thi Tinh (born in 1963, residing in Trung Nghia Block, Dong Vinh Ward, Vinh City) and Phan Thi Thanh (born in 1963, residing in Block 5, Quan Bau Ward, Vinh City).

Previously, through many sources, Vinh City Police discovered that fake health certificates were being sold at kiosks in Vinh Railway Station Market and some stationery stores. These certificates were elaborately made from the signatures and seals of many hospitals in the province such as Cua Dong General Hospital, Thai An Hospital...

3 subjects forged health certificates were arrested. Photo: TA

After the monitoring process, on November 28, 2019, the Investigation Committee conducted an emergency search and detention of the above 3 subjects for the act of forging seals and documents of agencies and organizations.

Of these three subjects, Le Thi Bich is the leader. Having a registered residence in Hanoi, her husband and children are in the North, but Bich went alone to the Central region to rent a room to "practice her profession".

Every day, Bich rode her old motorbike everywhere looking for “goods”. Bich took multiple copies of the health examination form or used the health examination form in the job application files and gave it to Truong Thi Tinh and Phan Thi Thanh to write fake comments and doctor’s signatures. Bich paid these people 500 VND for each paper.

Subject Le Thi Bich. Photo: Quynh Trang

After finishing writing, Bich stamped the outermost round stamp with the tax code first. When delivering to the customer, Bich stamped the hospital name on the inside to make a complete stamp.

The seal that Bich used to stamp the fake health certificate was made up of two separate parts: The outer circular part included the tax code carved in wood, the innermost part was the name of the medical facility made of rubber.

“Bich had to order the two separate parts of the seal from two different places. Because the seal engraving facility only accepted to make the innermost part with the name of the medical facility, Bich used a compass to measure the size of the real seal, and took that measurement and asked the carpenter to make the outermost ring of the seal.”,Bich confessed

Fake health certificates are made by sophisticated subjects. Photo: Minh Tam

Explaining the sophisticated trick to deceive the authorities, Major Tran Quoc Anh - Captain of the Criminal Police Team of Vinh City Police added: "According to regulations, seal engraving establishments that want to make seals must have a license. To circumvent the regulations, the subjects separate two different parts. The seal making establishments will not think of combining the two parts to commit fraud. When searching the production site, the subjects hide these two parts in two different places, when collecting these two parts, it is very difficult to recognize that this is an intact seal."

Bich also confessed that because of her close relationship with the stationery vendors at Vinh Station Market, she used this as a place to sell her stationery. Bich sold each paper to the vendors for 27,000 - 40,000 VND, depending on whether it was black and white or colored.