Posing as a real estate agent, the woman defrauded people of nearly 30 billion VND.

On the afternoon of October 24th, in an interview with a reporter, a leader of the Nam Tu Liem District Police in Hanoi stated that they have initiated a criminal case, charged the suspect, and issued a temporary detention order against Tran Dang Thanh Tung (born in 1984, residing in Van Duc commune, Gia Lam district, Hanoi) for investigation into his alleged offenses.Fraudulent appropriation of property.

At the end of 2022, the Investigation Police Department of Nam Tu Liem District Police received a report from Ms. Hoang Trang, residing in Thai Nguyen, regarding being defrauded by Tran Dang Thanh Tung, who misappropriated nearly 25 billion VND.

According to Ms. Trang's report, around April 2022, she met Tung, who introduced her to a freelance real estate broker with connections to purchase several diplomatic apartments in Project V in Gia Lam District, offering preferential prices, referred to as "filling the apartments" investment. If Ms. Trang made a deposit, she would generate profit from this investment.

Tung said that some apartments in Project V. were allocated by the developer to the company's leaders. Tung would connect those interested in buying an apartment with the owners. Ms. Trang would pay the deposit upfront, and then within 10-13 days, she could sell the apartment at a high liquidity price, making a profit of 300-400 million VND.

During their interactions, Tung also introduced Trang to several other investors, such as Le Thi Van. Tung told Trang that Van had previously invested in some stocks and made a profit. Seeing the good returns, Trang agreed to participate in the investment.

From May 13th to June 20th, 2022, Ms. Trang transferred 24 billion 680 million VND to Tung. After the first investment, Ms. Trang received a portion of the principal and interest from Tung as per the agreement.

However, when Ms. Trang asked Tung to introduce her to potential buyers of the apartments, Tung avoided the topic and said that as long as there was a profit, that was all that mattered. After repeatedly failing to make payments on time, Ms. Trang requested to see documents related to the transfer of funds for the diplomatic apartment purchase, but Tung could not provide any proof.

On July 6, 2022, Ms. Trang requested Tung to go to the notary office to sign a loan agreement for 19 billion 315 million VND. Both parties agreed on a repayment deadline of October 6, 2022, for both principal and interest.

However, by the deadline, Tung failed to fulfill his debt repayment commitments. On October 26, 2022, Ms. Trang filed a complaint with the police accusing Tung of misappropriating her assets.

During the investigation, the police determined that Ms. Le Thi Van was also a victim of Tung. The suspect also told Ms. Van that Ms. Trang had invested and made a profit.

Ms. Vân also believed Tùng's story because she had met Ms. Trang during a transaction and had sent Tùng 2.8 billion VND to buy an apartment. The police summoned Tùng for questioning to clarify the matter.

At the police station, Tung admitted that he was not a real estate salesperson and had no connections with people working in this field.

Lacking personal funds, Tung exploited his social connections, falsely advertising himself as a real estate agent with connections to developers of major real estate projects. Tung, however, had no such connections whatsoever.

To gain the trust of victims like Ms. Trang and Ms. Vân, Tùng paid back the principal and interest in full, amounting to billions of dong. Using this tactic, Tùng defrauded victims Hoàng Trang and Lê Thị Vân of nearly 30 billion dong.