23 people provided 100 accounts to transnational money launderers

(Dan Tri) - After opening bank accounts, the group provided them to a foreign man to conduct transactions and legalize the money.

On March 13, Lam Dong Provincial Police arrested 23 people to investigate the group's involvement in a transnational money laundering case.

According to police investigation, the two ringleaders in the case are Le Van Diep (27 years old) and Phan Thi Be (29 years old), both residing in Ha Tinh province.

Phan Thi Be at the police station (Photo: An Sinh).

In October 2024, Diep went to Cambodia, worked for a game company and met a man named Billy, a Chinese national.

When Billy asked Diep to carry out money transfers to legalize income and expenditure (money laundering), Diep agreed.

In November 2024, Diep returned to Vietnam and invited Phan Thi Be to help Billy carry out the money laundering plan. In mid-February, Diep and Be rented a house in Ward 11, Da Lat City, Lam Dong and recruited 21 other people to work.

Here, Diep and Be instructed the staff to go to the banks to open accounts and then provide them to Billy, so that he could carry out the money transfer.

Lam Dong Provincial Police said that the group registered and granted 100 bank accounts to Billy for him to launder money. The total amount of money that Billy transacted through 100 bank accounts was 20-30 billion VND/day.

Source: https://dantri.com.vn/phap-luat/23-nguoi-cung-cap-100-tai-khoan-cho-doi-tuong-rua-tien-xuyen-quoc-gia-20250313154111678.htm