Arrested young man impersonating police officer, illegally buying and selling bank accounts

On January 23, the Cyber Security and High-Tech Crime Prevention Department (abbreviated as Cyber Security Department) of Da Nang City Police said that it had just coordinated with Hai Chau District Police to arrest a young man who illegally bought and sold hundreds of bank accounts.

Previously, the police discovered a bank account showing signs of receiving illegal money, so they coordinated with the bank to freeze it for investigation.

On January 11, the Cyber Security Department coordinated with the Criminal Police Team of Hai Chau District Police to discover that Huynh Dinh Hieu (29 years old, residing in Hoa Cuong Bac Ward, Hai Chau District), the owner of the above bank account, was accompanying Nguyen Tan Ton (20 years old, residing in 14 Hoa Khanh, Buon Ma Thuot City, Dak Lak Province) to a bank branch in Da Nang to request to unfreeze the account and withdraw more than 1 billion VND, so they brought him to the headquarters to work.

Through investigation, the police determined that after the above bank account was frozen, Ton was hired by a person named Vu (unknown identity and background) to go to Da Nang to find the account owner to go to the bank to unfreeze the account to withdraw money and promised to pay 71 million VND.

Arriving in Da Nang, Ton contacted Hieu and claimed to be a police officer, asking Hieu to cooperate in withdrawing money from his account. However, while withdrawing money at the bank, both were summoned by the police for questioning.

Through quick investigation, the police determined that from March 2023 to present, Ton has also collected and purchased nearly 400 other people's bank account information to resell to others via social networks.

Continuing to expand the investigation, on January 12, the police summoned Ngo Thanh Manh (26 years old, residing in Hoa Chau commune, Hoa Vang district, Da Nang city), who bought more than 100 bank accounts of other people (including Huynh Dinh Hieu's bank account) to sell to a person named Sang (residing in Binh Dinh province).

Currently, the police agency has decided to prosecute the case and prosecute the defendant Nguyen Tan Ton for the act of "Illegally collecting, storing, exchanging, and trading information about bank accounts" to continue investigating the case.

Authorities checked the information stored on Ton's phone.

According to the Cyber Security Department, recently, on social networking platforms, there have been many posts about buying, renting personal information, identification documents or bank accounts.

Therefore, the Cyber Security Department recommends that by not being aware of the dangers of buying, selling, and renting personal information and bank accounts, many people may indirectly assist in criminal activities and face the risk of being administratively or even criminally punished.

CHAU THU

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