Bankrupt because of playing 'virtual money', woman scammed and appropriated 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.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. had good financial conditions. At that time, Vinh was investing in playing "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. trust him, 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 land leveling project for Vinh, the investment capital was by buying trucks to transport materials to level the ground for the airport to receive monthly profits.

After that, Ms. D. transferred money to "do business" with Vinh. To continue to build trust, Vinh periodically transferred a small amount of money every week, lying that it was "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 expand the investigation and notify those who are victims in the above case, please contact the Investigation Police Department of Ha Tinh Province Police for handling according to regulations.