Arrested group buying bank accounts to assist in fraud

On July 10, the Investigation Security Agency of Tay Ninh Province Police prosecuted and temporarily detained 5 subjects to investigate the crimes of "Fraudulent appropriation of property"; "Illegal collection, exchange, and trading of information about bank accounts" and "Money laundering".

The five suspects include Pham Van Nghia (45 years old), Nguyen Phu Yen (40 years old, all residing in Ben Cau district, Tay Ninh), Ngoc Tuan Anh (27 years old), Vuong Thi Hoa (35 years old, all residing in Phu Tho province) and Ngo Xuan Phuong (28 years old, residing in Bac Ninh province) to be investigated for the crimes of "Fraudulent appropriation of property"; "Illegal collection, exchange, and trading of information about bank accounts" and "Money laundering".

The subjects grasped the need of many people in Cambodia to have bank accounts in Vietnam for fraudulent activities, so they bought 64 bank accounts from 12 people at prices ranging from 500,000 VND to 3 million VND/account and then sold them to scammers to use.

After receiving the scammed money, the subjects transferred over 350 billion VND to Phuong's group to buy nearly 15 million USDT (Tether USD) cryptocurrency.

XUAN TRUNG

Source: https://www.sggp.org.vn/bat-nhom-mua-tai-khoan-ngan-hang-de-tiep-tay-lua-dao-post748719.html