Lai Chau police arrest 12 online fraudsters

According to the case file, on June 11, 2024, Mr. Nguyen Van Phuong, born in 1974, residing in residential group 32, Tan Uyen town, Tan Uyen district, Lai Chau province, went to the district police agency to report being scammed.

Specifically, due to the need to buy a car, from June 3-10, 2024, he ordered a Ford Everest titanium 2.0AT car in the form of purchasing a customs clearance car for 266.7 million VND from Vietnam South Central-Ninh Thuan Limited Liability Company through the website and Facebook of the above company.

After 4 transfers, Mr. Phuong realized he was scammed and lost 200 million 100 thousand VND.

After receiving the information, the leaders of the Investigation Agency of Tan Uyen District Police determined that this was a particularly serious case, with foreign elements and cross-border activities, and reported to the Provincial Police Department to establish a special project coded 924L with the participation of Tan Uyen District Police, the Criminal Police Department and functional departments of the Provincial Police to concentrate maximum forces and professional measures to investigate, verify and arrest the subject.

Lai Chau police extradited subjects from Cambodia to Lai Chau.

Through verification and tracing, the Investigation Agency identified the subject directly committing the act of fraud and appropriation of property as Duong Van Thanh, born in 1986, residing in Tan My 1 hamlet, Tan Quang commune, Song Cong city, Thai Nguyen province, currently operating in Cambodia.

The Provincial Police Department has decided to prosecute the case of fraud and property appropriation and issued a special search warrant for Duong Van Thanh.

On September 12, the task force arrested Duong Van Thanh when he was entering Vietnam from Cambodia.

At the investigation agency, Thanh confessed that the group of scammers led by Thanh used the trick of selling customs clearance cars at cheap prices, defrauding many Vietnamese victims of more than 6 billion VND. Thanh alone received a reward of 16,300 USD from the leader.

Representative of the special task force informed about the incident.

In the case of Mr. Nguyen Van Phuong, after appropriating the money, the group transferred it to 86 accounts at 17 different banks to erase traces of the money flow.

During the days from September 17 to October 20, 2024, the Task Force continued to arrest 5 more subjects in Thanh's group.

Based on the statements of the 6 arrested subjects and other documents, the investigation agency has prosecuted these subjects.

Actively expanding the investigation, identifying the accomplices of the 6 defendants mentioned above who are hiding in room 6-808, building 6, Venus 2 area, Ba Vet city, Svay Rieng province (Cambodia) and are suspected of continuing to take advantage of cyberspace to commit fraud.

Deputy Director of Lai Chau Police answered questions and provided information about the incident to the press.

The Lai Chau Provincial Police Department has reported to the competent authority to propose establishing a working group led by Colonel Pham Hai Dang - Deputy Director of Lai Chau Police Department with the participation of the Ministry of Public Security's professional unit to go to the Kingdom of Cambodia to verify and arrest the subjects in the case.

This is the first time Lai Chau police have sent a working group to hunt down criminals abroad.

Awarding letters of commendation from the Chairman of Lai Chau Provincial People's Committee to members of the Task Force.

Using professional measures, the working group and the authorities of the neighboring country directly arrested the group of subjects and successfully extradited 12 Vietnamese subjects in the project out of the special zone. On December 25, 2024, the Cambodian authorities handed over the 12 subjects to the Lai Chau Provincial Police.

Up to now, 18 subjects have been arrested along with many valuable evidences and documents serving the investigation and handling of the subjects.

Initially clarifying and identifying the subjects who appropriated 3.95 billion VND from 52/200 victims in 29 provinces and cities across the country. At the same time, continuing to investigate and expand the case.

Recognizing the initial results of the project, on the morning of December 28, the Chairman of Lai Chau Provincial People's Committee issued a letter of commendation and gave an unexpected reward to the Project Board.

Source: https://nhandan.vn/cong-an-lai-chau-bat-12-doi-tuong-lua-dao-qua-mang-post853048.html