Authorities dismantled a fraud ring that swindled over 300 billion VND in Cambodia.
From the beginning of 2025 until now, these individuals have defrauded thousands of victims nationwide, stealing approximately over 300 billion VND.
The Lao Cai Provincial Police and the Criminal Police Department, Vietnam's representative office in the Kingdom of Cambodia, have jointly dismantled a transnational criminal gang operating in cyberspace using computer networks, telecommunications networks, and electronic means to commit acts of property appropriation, located in Krabau commune, Kamchay Mear district, Prey Veng province, Cambodia.
Previously, through investigative work, the Lao Cai Provincial Police discovered a criminal gang using computer networks, telecommunications networks, and electronic means to commit fraud and embezzle property across borders in cyberspace. Their modus operandi involved creating Facebook accounts to befriend victims online, then luring them into investing money in virtual financial platforms created by the gang to steal their assets.
Recognizing this as a large-scale fraud ring operating across national borders, the Director of the Lao Cai Provincial Police directed the establishment of a special task force to combat and dismantle it.
By January 16, 2025, the Lao Cai Provincial Police and the Criminal Police Department, the representative office of the Ministry of Public Security of Vietnam in the Kingdom of Cambodia, will jointly establish 5 task forces with 100 officers to participate in solving cases in Cambodia and the provinces of Lao Cai, Lang Son, Quang Ngai, and Tay Ninh.
The task force in Cambodia, in coordination with the National Police General Directorate of the Cambodian Ministry of Interior, raided a building in Krabau commune, Kamchay Mear district, Prey Veng province, Cambodia, arresting the entire criminal gang of 47 individuals, including 5 Chinese nationals and 42 Vietnamese nationals (including the ringleader, Le Dinh Hung, born in 1989, residing at Group 7, Tran Hung Dao 5 Street, Hong Gai Ward, Quang Ninh Province, along with other key members of the criminal gang). They seized 20 computers and 20 mobile phones of various types.
Simultaneously, other task forces also summoned seven domestic individuals who had previously participated in the aforementioned criminal gang (including five in Lao Cai province, one in Lang Son province, and one in Quang Ngai province) for questioning and investigation.
Initial investigations have determined that, from the beginning of 2025 to the present, the suspects have defrauded thousands of victims nationwide, stealing approximately over 300 billion VND.
On January 23, 2026, the Investigation Police Department of Lao Cai province issued a decision to initiate criminal proceedings and indict 47 individuals for the crime of "Using computer networks, telecommunication networks, and electronic means to commit acts of property appropriation" under Clause 4, Article 290 of the Penal Code, for investigation and handling in accordance with the law. These decisions and orders were approved by the People's Procuracy of Lao Cai province.
Currently, the Criminal Investigation Department of the Lao Cai Provincial Police is continuing to expand the investigation to clarify the actions of the suspects in order to handle them according to the law.
