Bankrupt because of playing 'virtual money', woman swindles nearly 7.5 billion VND

On the afternoon of January 17, the Investigation Police Agency of Ha Tinh Province Police has just issued a decision to prosecute the case, prosecute the accused, and issue an order.temporary detentionagainst To Thi Vinh (also known as To Hoai Van, born in 1981, residing in Hanoi) for the crime of "Fraudulent appropriation of property" of nearly 7.5 billion VND.

Previously, the investigation agency received a petition from Ms. Nguyen Thi D. (residing in Cam Xuyen district, Ha Tinh) accusing To Thi Vinh of fraud and appropriation of nearly 7.5 billion VND.

During the investigation, the police verified that Vinh had sold his house in September 2023 and left his residence, communicating mainly through social networks and an unofficial phone number. After that, Vinh rented a house in Long Bien district (Hanoi) to live.

The Investigation Police Agency of Ha Tinh Province coordinated with Viet Hung Ward Police (Long Bien District, Hanoi) to summon To Thi Vinh to work.

At the investigation agency, Vinh confessed that after a period of knowing Ms. Nguyen Thi D., he knew that Ms. D. was financially well off. At that time, Vinh was investing in "virtual money" online, leading to debt, so he came up with the idea of ​​tricking Ms. D. into investing in a business to appropriate money.

To make Ms. D. believe, Vinh made up a story about himself having many valuable assets and being close to "Mr. Cop" who worked at the Government Office; "Mr. Cop" asked for the Long Thanh airport leveling project for Vinh, investing capital by buying trucks to transport materials to level the airport to earn monthly profits.

After that, Ms. D. transferred money to "do business" with Vinh. To continue to build trust, every week, Vinh transferred a small amount of money, lying about "profit" so that Ms. D. could raise more money to contribute capital with Vinh.

In addition, Vinh also lied that he knew Mr. "Long" who worked at customs so he could buy some liquidated goods from the customs agency at a cheap price to sell for profit, then asked Ms. D. to transfer investment money to Vinh.

Using the above tricks, from March to June 2022, To Thi Vinh defrauded and appropriated nearly 7.5 billion VND from Ms. D.

Currently, the police are continuing to investigate and notify any victims in the above case to contact the Investigation Police Department of Ha Tinh Province for handling according to regulations.