Dismantling a ring of fake diploma production and trading over the Internet

August 23,Cyber ​​Security Departmentand prevention of high-tech crimes - A05 Ministry of Public Security said that it has just coordinated with the Criminal Police Department - C02 Ministry of Public Security to destroy a large-scale network of producing and trading fake diplomas and certificates over the Internet.

Previously, on August 17, A05 and C02 simultaneously deployed 7 working groups, coordinated with Ho Chi Minh City Police and Ba Ria-Vung Tau Provincial Police to urgently search 7 locations in Ho Chi Minh City and Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province, and urgently arrested 6 subjects.

A large amount of evidence was seized by the police. Photo: VNA

Police seized 604 fake diplomas of various types, 13,106 fake stamps, 151 types of fake printed documents, 5 computers, 10 mobile phones, 14 color printers, scanners, laminators, 97 fake seals... and many other devices used in the production of fake diplomas and certificates by the subjects.

As a result of the initial investigation, the subjects confessed to all their crimes.

This organized crime ring was led by Nguyen Ngoc Hiep (born in 1989, residing at 592/27/14 Nguyen Van Qua Street, Ward 1, Dong Hung Thuan Ward, District 12, Ho Chi Minh City) and Nguyen Ngoc Thuan (born in 1994, residing at 356, Street 1, Suoi Nghe Commune, Chau Duc District, Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province), with the effective assistance of the following subjects: Nguyen Nhut Long, Pham Viet Luat, Tran Duc Thien, Nguyen Ngoc Ha.

The subjects created a Fanpage on social networks called "Chuyen lam caut" to advertise and make many types of fake certificates and documents, including: passports, driver's licenses, vehicle registrations, university degrees, land use right certificates, bank savings books...

When customers have a need, they will contact the phone numbers posted by the subjects on the Fanpage to exchange information and negotiate specific prices. The above group of subjects accepts to make many types of fake documents, diplomas and certificates with prices ranging from 500,000 VND to 6 million VND.

Hundreds of fake stamps were discovered by the police. Photo: VNA

This gang has a specific division of tasks, in which Hiep specializes in forging driver's licenses, car and motorbike registrations and passports; Thuan specializes in forging vehicle registrations and bank savings books; Long specializes in forging university degrees and land use right certificates; and Luat specializes in forging vocational certificates.

When a customer orders fake papers or documents, the operators will share the order on a common zalo group. The operator will proactively produce, print and deliver the order to the customer in many forms depending on the area of ​​work the order belongs to.

The Department of Cyber ​​Security and High-Tech Crime Prevention recommends that people do not post images of personal documents, diplomas, certificates, etc. on social networking sites, because they are likely to be the source for criminals to take advantage of forging documents to commit fraud. Participating in activities of buying and selling documents and seals of agencies and organizations is a violation of the law./.