Illegal collection and sale of nearly 15 million personal information for illegal profit

According to investigation documents, from around April 2020, Nguyen Van Khiet went to Facebook and saw some posts on advertising groups about buying and selling financial data (information of customers borrowing money from financial institutions), so he researched, bought personal information data of customers of financial institutions and then posted it for sale.

Buyers contact Khiet via zalo, viber and then pay Khiet by bank transfer or e-wallet.

Subject Nguyen Van Khiet.

On October 29, 2021, Khiet's illegal acts were discovered and arrested by the Department of Cyber ​​Security and High-Tech Crime Prevention of Hai Duong Provincial Police. Up to the time of discovery, Khiet had collected and sold more than 4,000 files, containing nearly 15 million personal customer information, illegally profiting more than 500 million VND.

Talking about the negative effects of personal information leaks as well as warning people when conducting civil transactions at financial institutions. The authorities also said: From the information leaks of individuals, people can be taken advantage of by some subjects to carry out acts of threats, blackmail or "calls to bother people such as inviting them to participate in borrowing money, financial investment...".

This is the largest case of illegal trading of personal information discovered and arrested by Hai Duong Provincial Police in recent years.

After completing the file, on April 26, the Office of the Investigation Police Agency of Hai Duong Province Police initiated a case, and on June 26, prosecuted the accused, applying measures prohibiting Nguyen Van Khiet from leaving his place of residence for the crime of illegally using information networks, computers, and telecommunications networks to continue expanding the investigation.