Dismantling a fake document ring with profits of over 20 billion VND

The Investigation Police Agency of Ha Tinh City Police said that the unit has just initiated a case, prosecuting 24 defendants for the crime of "Forgery of documents of agencies and organizations".

According to the investigation agency, from 2019 to present, the group of scammers has advertised online for fake documents; produced, printed and sold thousands of fake degrees and documents to buyers in many provinces and cities.

This is a ring of counterfeiting documents and seals of agencies and organizations with many participants, operating in many different provinces and cities, with close collusion, assigning roles to each subject and using many tricks to hide from the police.

After a period of organizing the struggle, the police identified the subjects involved in this criminal ring as: Nguyen Van Gioi (born in 1994), residing in Vinh Phuc province; Pham Van Manh (born in 1982) and Nguyen Thi Hang (born in 1985), both residing in Hanoi; Pham Van Minh (born in 1993), residing in Thai Binh province.

On March 17, Ha Tinh City Police mobilized 20 officers and soldiers, divided into 3 working groups to fight and arrest the above subjects.

Searching the suspects' residences, the investigation agency seized nearly 2,000 seals of various types from many agencies and organizations across the country; more than 1,900 high school, college, university diplomas, and certificates of various types; 4 computers; 3 color printers; 1 seal engraving machine, along with many mobile phones and many bank accounts of various types.

At the investigation agency, the subjects confessed that in 2019, Pham Van Manh went online to learn and research how to make fake documents. After that, Manh posted an advertisement to make fake documents and recruit collaborators, then Nguyen Van Gioi contacted and accepted to be a collaborator to find customers.

When a customer contacts to order fake documents, the subjects make them and ask for a delivery address. After “producing” fake documents for the customer, Pham Van Minh is responsible for sending them to the customer at the address provided by Manh. The money is transferred to an account managed by Manh.

Expanding the case, the police arrested and prosecuted 20 more subjects residing in many provinces and cities who were also involved in the above-mentioned document forgery ring.

The subjects “did business” together but had not met in person. All used anonymous accounts to contact, exchange information and make payments through non-owner bank accounts.

From 2019 to present, the subjects have illegally profited more than 20 billion VND.

The case is under investigation.