Arresting couple who swindled over 10 billion VND, fled to Laos

Since 2007, Tuan and Hien have defrauded many people in Binh Dinh province of more than 10 billion VND, then fled to Laos.

Implementing the cooperation plan between the two police forces of Vietnam and Laos on crime prevention, from December 12, a working group consisting of officers from the Criminal Investigation Department - Ministry of Public Security of Vietnam and the Criminal Investigation Department of Binh Dinh Provincial Police went to Laos to verify and arrest two especially dangerous subjects hiding in Laos.

Vietnamese and Lao police took Le Van Tuan's statement at the Lao Ministry of Security detention center on the morning of December 14.

Two especially wanted subjects are Le Van Tuan (born in 1972) and his wife Mai Thi Hien (born in 1973, permanent residence in Binh Dinh province) for the crime of "Fraudulent appropriation of property".

According to the investigation agency, since 2007, Tuan and Hien have defrauded many people in Binh Dinh province of more than 10 billion VND and then fled to Laos. Tuan and Hien live in a restaurant near the new bus station in the capital Vientiane. Tuan works as a construction worker every day, while Hien cooks for a small supermarket in the capital.

Taking testimony of Mai Thi Hien

After arriving in Laos, the working group, using professional measures and close coordination with the Vietnamese Embassy in Laos, the Representative Office of the Ministry of Public Security of Vietnam in Laos and the Criminal Investigation Department (General Department of Police, Ministry of Security of Laos), successfully arrested two subjects within 24 hours of arriving in Laos.

Currently, the two wanted subjects are being detained at the Lao Ministry of Security Detention Center, awaiting legal procedures to extradite them to Vietnam for trial in accordance with Vietnamese law and international law and practice./.

According to VOV