Sophisticated tricks of 2k1 young man to cheat his friend's wife out of nearly 3.5 billion VND

Nam Dinh Provincial Police informed that the Criminal Police Department of the Provincial Police has detained two brothers residing in Truc Khang Commune (Truc Ninh District, Nam Dinh Province) to investigate the act of "Fraudulent appropriation of property".

The two suspects are: Ha Van Hao (born 2001) and Ha Manh Cuong (born 1998). Hao was sentenced to 24 months in prison for “Rape” in 2018.

Accordingly, Hao played with Mr. D.VP (residing in Truc Hung commune, Truc Ninh district). When he learned that Mr. P. was being detained by the police for gambling, Hao impersonated Mr. P., texted his wife to trick her into giving him money, using the excuse of buying more food in the detention center and trying to "run" for bail.

Mistaking the scammer for her husband, the wife transferred a total of 3 billion 420 million VND 10 times to the account numbers provided by Hao.

Hao also texted a close friend of Mr. P's family to ask to borrow money and defrauded them of 1 billion 213 million VND.

When discovering Hao's behavior, Cuong did not stop or report it, but also helped his younger brother.

Cuong borrowed bank accounts from many people for Hao to use as accounts to receive money from the victims. Each time he successfully scammed money, Hao would share it with Cuong.

From August 2024 to January 2025, Hao impersonated Mr. P. to commit fraud and appropriate a total of 4 billion 630 million VND from Mr. P.'s wife and friend.

At the end of February 2025, suspecting that the person texting and talking to her was not her husband, Mr. P's wife reported it to the police.

At the police station, Hao and Cuong confessed to their acts of fraud and property appropriation.