Trusting strangers, two sisters lost more than 1.7 billion VND
Although she did not know who the owner of the Facebook account "Luu Vuong Kore" was, Ms. Thao still asked her sister to send her more than 1.7 billion VND through the account number this person provided, not expecting to encounter a scammer.
On March 24, the People's Court of Ho Chi Minh City sentenced defendant Pham Thanh Chung (31 years old, from Hung Yen) to 8 years in prison and Nguyen Huu Tuan (38 years old, from Hanoi) to 10 years in prison for the crime of "Fraudulent appropriation of property".
According to the accusation, due to needing money, Ms. Nguyen Thi Thu Thao (living in Singapore) borrowed more than 1.7 billion VND from her younger sister, Ms. Nguyen Thi Thu Chi. However, Ms. Thao did not know how to receive money sent from Vietnam, so she asked Ms. Thuy (also living in Singapore) to find a money transfer service to help her.
After that, Ms. Thuy went to the group “Vietnamese in Singapore” to find a money transfer service from Vietnam to Singapore. At this time, a Facebook account named “Luu Vuong Kore” texted to accept the money transfer. After that, this person provided Ms. Thuy with an account number for people in Vietnam to transfer money to and a receiving address in Singapore.
After agreeing on the method of money transfer, Ms. Thuy informed Ms. Thao. However, after Ms. Chi sent more than 1.7 billion VND, Ms. Thao went to the receiving address in Singapore and found out that no one from Vietnam had sent money. Panicked, Ms. Thao informed Ms. Thuy. Ms. Thuy quickly texted the Facebook account named "Luu Vuong Kore", but it was locked.
After receiving the news from Ms. Thao about being scammed, Ms. Chi went to the police station to report.
During the investigation, on January 6, 2023, the police arrested Pham Thanh Chung. Knowing that he could not escape, Nguyen Huu Tuan also surrendered.
According to Chung and Tuan's statements, through researching websites of Vietnamese people living in Singapore, Chung knew that many people wanted to transfer money from Vietnam to Singapore, so he had the intention of appropriating their property.
Chung then asked Tuan to cooperate. Under Chung's direction, Tuan was responsible for purchasing bank accounts to receive money transferred by the victims. Chung also purchased a Facebook account named "Luu Vuong Kore" to join the group "Vietnamese in Singapore".
Chung gave Tuan 220 million VND of the more than 1.7 billion VND he embezzled from the victim, and spent the remaining 1.5 billion VND.
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