Editor-in-Chief Dong Xuan Thu and his subordinates extorted tens of billions of dong through the program 'Golden Broom'
The "Golden Broom" program launched and initiated by Mr. Dong Xuan Thu and the Environment and Urban Magazine has created a sophisticated cover, a tool for subjects to collude, conspire, and connect with each other to extort property from victims across the country, with a total amount of up to tens of billions of dong.
It is known that the Vietnam Environment and Urban Electronic Magazine is the mouthpiece of the Vietnam Urban Environment and Industrial Zone Association, with Mr. Dong Xuan Thu as Editor-in-Chief.
Since 2020, Mr. Dong Xuan Thu has directed the establishment of the "Golden Broom" fundraising program. In the name of honoring, supporting, and doing charity work to help environmental sanitation workers nationwide in difficult circumstances, Mr. Dong Xuan Thu directed cadres, reporters, and collaborators to call for and mobilize benefactors, organizations, individuals, and businesses to participate in donating money to raise funds.
However, the "Golden Broom" program launched and initiated by Mr. Dong Xuan Thu and the Environment and Urban Magazine has created a sophisticated cover, a tool for subjects to collude, conspire, and connect with each other to operate, extort property from hundreds of victims across the country, with a total amount of up to tens of billions of dong.
Specifically, Mr. Dong Xuan Thu and his subordinates directed reporters and collaborators to investigate and grasp signs of violations by organizations, individuals, and businesses... Then threatened and published them in this magazine, aiming to discredit and affect the production and business activities of people and businesses. If they did not want to be "named" in the magazine, individuals and businesses were forced to participate in the "Golden Broom" program proposed by the subjects. Therefore, in working sessions with those people and businesses, the subjects always brought a "sponsorship invitation" contract for the "Golden Broom" program, and when they forced the victims to participate, they asked them to sign it to collect money.
The collected money, Mr. Dong Xuan Thu and the subjects did not spend on the "Golden Broom" program activities, but used it to divide and allocate to each other according to the prescribed ratio...
Through the work of grasping the situation, verifying and handling information about crimes, on September 23, the Investigation Police Agency of Thai Binh Province Police issued an Order to detain people in emergency cases, an Order to urgently search the residence, workplace and personal vehicles of: Dong Xuan Thu (born in 1972, residing in Lang Ha ward, Dong Da district, Hanoi), Editor-in-Chief of Vietnam Environment and Urban Magazine (address at the Office of C1 Thanh Cong building, Ba Dinh district, Hanoi); Bui Van Toan (born in 1980, residing in Chuong Duong ward, Hoan Kiem district, Hanoi), Head of the Economic and Environmental Department; Cao Thi Thu Huong (born in 1989, residing in Ta Thanh Oai commune, Thanh Tri district, Hanoi), Accountant; Nguyen Ngoc Tuyen (born in 1989, residing in Vu Chinh commune, Thai Binh city, Thai Binh province), reporter.
In addition, on September 24, the investigation agency issued an emergency detention order for Nguyen Tat Trien (born in 1978, residing in Tran Lam ward, Thai Binh city, Thai Binh province), a reporter, to investigate the crime of extortion under Article 170 of the Penal Code. The above orders were approved by the People's Procuracy of Thai Binh province.
Currently, Thai Binh Provincial Police are directing the Provincial Police Investigation Agency to urgently collect evidence and documents, consolidate the case file,prosecute, expand investigation, strictly handle subjects according to the provisions of law.
