"Thick orange peel has sharp nails"

(Baonghean) - With a good-looking face, a pleasant way of speaking and always showing that she has a wide network of relationships, NTQ A (39 years old), residing in HB ward, Vinh city, has continuously defrauded and appropriated property from many people with an amount of up to tens of billions of dong. After committing the crime, she fled to many provinces and cities, changing her name, making it difficult for the police to investigate and track her down. However, "a thick orange peel has sharp nails", at the end of October, the scammer was caught in the Central Highlands after 3 years on the run...

Before committing the crime, NTQ A was an accountant at a school in Vinh City. In 2010, she decided to quit her job and switch to trading. From a small trader, after a while, QA became famous in the real estate brokerage "village". Wanting to make quick money, QA immediately thought of fraud and appropriation of property to serve personal needs.

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To realize his dream of changing his life, with his "good mouth" and his relationships, QA approached and got to know many partners. Using the excuse of needing money to expand his business and create prestige about the "financial capacity" of the "enterprise", QA's first catch was convincing his friends to borrow cars, land titles... as collateral to borrow large sums of money. Being cunning and experienced in borrowing, in order to anticipate the situation of being denounced, QA did not directly receive money but gave the address of another person's account, then chose the right time to find a way to withdraw money from the card.

With many different methods, Q. A has defrauded and appropriated up to 16 billion VND from many people. "Losing money and getting nothing in return", for the victims, after a while, not seeing QA return the money or property, they panicked and went looking for her. At this time, she had "run away", changed her phone number, and fled the area. The final solution forced the victims to go to the police to report.

Upon receiving the complaint, the Vinh City Police Investigation Agency conducted verification and investigation. After a short time, when the plans were proposed by experienced detectives and investigators, the police agency had enough evidence to confirm that the continuous borrowing of money and property from the victims by NTQ A was a fraud to appropriate property, causing serious consequences, creating insecurity in public opinion. Considering the situation as well as assessing the complexity of the case, the Provincial Police Investigation Agency approved the establishment of a special project to fight. Along with that, all personal information and identification characteristics of the subject were provided to the police units and localities nationwide, requesting coordination in capturing and preventing the situation of the subject escaping abroad. A wanted warrant for Q. A for the act of abusing trust to appropriate property was issued and publicly announced.

In early October 2014, detectives had information about a woman named QP with identifying characteristics similar to QA living with her child in Lam Dong province. Immediately, the Vinh City Police detective team and the wanted police force were present in Lam Dong. The verification process determined that Q.P was QA. After divorcing her husband, she wandered around the Central Highlands provinces and not long after met a man named H. residing in Bao Loc City, Lam Dong province, and lived together as husband and wife. Determining that the time was ripe, with the support of the investigation agency and the wanted police force of the neighboring province, the Vinh City Police detective team decided to solve the case, arresting QA at her private home, to the shock of the subject and her relatives. N TQ A was extradited to Nghe An to serve the investigation.

Before the investigation agency, NTQ A confessed: After "taking" a large amount of fraudulent money, she quickly fled to the Central Highlands with the thought that this land was vast, the terrain was complex, the investigation and search for clues by the authorities would be difficult and she would be "discouraged" and give up. To avoid detection and arrest by the police, she changed her name to QP, and opened a bank account under another person's name to continue to delve deeper into the path of crime, defrauding and appropriating the property of many gullible people. More cunningly, during the escape, she used a "delaying" tactic by actively calling the victims from the Central Highlands, "informing" them that she was trying to earn money to send back to pay off the debt.

With this trick, she carried out her intention to "probe" the movements of the authorities. "Thick orange peel has sharp nails", her actions with clumsy dramas could not fool the investigative agencies. After nearly 3 years on the run, the cunning former accountant was caught. From now on, Q. A will have to receive severe sentences from the law and have long days behind bars to reflect on the crimes she committed. This is a warning lesson for those who want to make quick money, want to change their lives by illegal profits. At the same time, it is also a lesson for those who are "gullible" and create conditions for scammers to take advantage of, only to "lose both money and health"...

Mr. Dung