Assigned to be the village chief but not paying attention to his duties, Nguyen Cong Thang (born in 1957), residing in village 3, Yen Kien commune, Doan Hung district, Phu Tho province, committed fraud against 13 people, appropriating nearly 700 million VND. The subject is currently being detained by the Phu Tho Provincial Police Department to assist in the investigation.

According to the verification of the Office of the Investigation Police Agency of Phu Tho Province, the crime committed by former village chief Nguyen Cong Thang stemmed from a transaction to organize the sending of people for labor export, but the partner defaulted on the debt. Faced with the pressure of daily interest payments, Mr. Thang decided to...take a risk.

Knowing the District People's Committee's Plan on granting new and changing certificates of land use rights for forests and fields for households in Yen Kien commune, Thang proactively met with some households in need; promised to do the procedures for those who were not able to go directly to work.

Subject Nguyen Cong Thang.

From April to June 2013, Thang defrauded 5 “red books” of 5 households in village 3, Yen Kien commune. After receiving the “red books”, Thang did not go through the procedures but kept them at home. When the victims asked, Thang repeatedly said he was going through the paperwork, then delayed returning them.

During the process of collecting documents, the Phu Tho Provincial Police Department determined that after holding the “red books” of the households, Thang tried to erase the names of the people whose names were in some of the books. From September 2013 to August 2014, Thang mortgaged 6 “red books” and took money from 4 other victims.

One of them is Mr. Le Van Bon (residing in Doan Hung district), the owner of a pawn shop. At the end of September 2013, Thang brought his "red book" to Mr. Bon's pawn shop, mortgaged it to borrow 45 million VND for 1 month, with an interest rate of 2,000 VND/ 1 million VND/ day.

Not only did Thang forge the "red book", he also forged the motorbike registration, mortgaged it, and borrowed and appropriated 45 million VND from Mr. Bon. During the search of Thang's residence, the police seized a color photocopier and many tools and means for forging documents. One detail was that because of his beautiful handwriting and ability to imitate, Thang directly wrote the printed letters in the "red book"... as if they were real.

The investigation agency also clarified that, through "taking care" of procedures for exporting labor to Japan, Thang had appropriated money from many people, most of whom were acquaintances with the former village chief. To appropriate the money, Thang promised to send "prey" to work abroad with high salaries and simple procedures. Believing Thang, many people had to mortgage their "red books" and valuable assets to borrow money from the bank and pay Thang.

The most painful case is that of Do Tien Cong (residing in Van Don commune, Doan Hung district), a relative of Thang. Around December 2013, Thang came to Cong’s house, boasting that he knew Havimex Company in Hanoi, which needed to recruit people to learn Japanese to work.

From there, Thang suggested that Mr. Cong send his daughter to study Japanese and then go to Japan to work at a cost of nearly 170 million VND. Mr. Cong would have to pay 100 million VND in advance, the rest would be deducted from the worker's salary. Without any doubt, Mr. Cong gave Thang 30 million VND.

In February 2014, Thang took Cong’s daughter to Havimex Company in Hanoi to study Japanese, and paid the Company 5 million VND to make uniforms and 6 million VND to study Japanese. A month later, Thang came to Cong’s house, continuing to insist that there would be a flight schedule and demanding that the family pay 70 million VND. After receiving the money, Thang delayed and avoided Cong’s family…

According to ANTĐ