Blackmailed former company for 1 billion VND using stolen data

After working for two months, Hoang Dinh Sang stole company data and then after quitting, asked the company for 1 billion VND.

Transferring the money and evidence to the police station - Photo: Provided by the police

On October 15, the Ho Chi Minh City Police Department issued an emergency arrest warrant for Hoang Dinh Sang (26 years old, from Thai Binh, temporarily residing in District 7) to investigate and clarify the act of property extortion.

According to initial information, in April 2017, Sang applied to work as a customer broker for a securities company (headquartered in Hai Ba Trung district, Hanoi). During his two-month working period, Sang stole and collected information from customers and the company.

After quitting his job, in July 2017, Sang created an email address and sent emails to many customers of his old company, advising them not to buy stocks because of the many risks, with the intention of sabotaging the company.

In September 2017, Sang called the former company's leader to say that he had a lot of unfavorable information about the company and asked for 1 billion VND in exchange for silence. To prove it, Sang emailed the company all the statements, revenue, and sales contracts with customers.

Through the agreement, Sang made an appointment with the company's staff to bring the money to a location in Hanoi. Before handing over the money, the securities company representative reported the incident to the Criminal Police Department (PC45), Hanoi Police.

At the appointed time, Sang did not come to receive the money and changed the delivery location in Ho Chi Minh City, so the working group of PC45, Hanoi City Police went to Ho Chi Minh City to coordinate with Team 2 (PC45), Ho Chi Minh City Police, and District 5 Police to plan to solve the case.

At around 4:00 p.m. on October 11, at a coffee shop on Huynh Man Dat Street (District 5), while Sang was receiving 1 billion VND from a securities company representative, the police raided and caught him red-handed.

Here, the police seized 1 billion VND, a SH motorbike, a mobile phone and a receipt for money committing to destroy information and data of the securities company written by Sang himself.

According to tuoitre