Police coordinate to return 1.47 billion VND to the person who transferred it by mistake

On March 28, Da Mai Ward Police, Bac Giang City, said they had verified and coordinated to return 1.47 billion VND to the person who had mistakenly transferred the money. Previously, Mr. Nguyen Tien Bo, manager of a restaurant in Da Mai Ward, unexpectedly received 1.47 billion VND from a strange account (unknown name) with 3 transfers (490 million VND each time). After receiving the large amount of money, Mr. Bo checked with all his relatives and customers and found out that no one had transferred this amount. "Therefore, I thought of a way to return it. It could be the money accumulated over a lifetime or the money saved for investment in business" - Mr. Bo said.

Immediately afterwards, Mr. Bo went to the ward police station to report the incident. At the police station, Captain Luu Duc Trung, the officer on duty, guided Mr. Bo through the steps to promptly seal the money; assisted the person who transferred the money by mistake in preparing the necessary documents, statements, and checking the money transfer order from the bank to prove the source of the money. Afterwards, Mr. Bo also received a call from Ms. Tran Thi Luong from Cao Loc district, Lang Son province - the person who transferred the money by mistake. According to Ms. Luong, her younger sister (Tran Thi Nhanh) asked her to transfer money to pay for goods to the restaurant where Mr. Bo was a manager, with an amount of more than 3.5 million VND. However, during the texting process, Ms. Luong transferred the wrong amount of money.

Da Mai Ward Police officers talk with Mr. Bo.

After completing the verification steps, in the presence of the ward police officers, Mr. Bo transferred the full amount to Ms. Tran Thi Luong (account owner). Lieutenant Colonel Do The Dung, Chief of the Ward Police, informed that the Ward Police regularly posts information to propagate the law, and publicizes the phone number of the local police for people to contact when there is a situation of insecurity or disorder or an incident arises. Regarding this incident, the Ward Police and the local Party Committee and government commended the good work of citizen Nguyen Tien Bo.

The ward police recommend that people who mistakenly transfer money to someone else's account or receive money transferred to their account but cannot identify the sender should report it to the nearest police station for support.

People should not arbitrarily transfer money back without a third party witnessing it to avoid encountering high-tech crimes. At the same time, note that if you intentionally do not return the money to the person who transferred it by mistake, you may be considered for criminal prosecution for illegal possession of property.

It is known that previously, on March 21, Viet Lap Commune Police, Tan Yen District, Bac Giang also supported people to return 7 billion VND transferred by mistake to a bank account. Specifically, at 11:30 a.m. on March 20, Viet Lap Commune Police received a request from Mr. PVX, residing in the area, to verify and return the amount of 7 billion VND transferred by an account belonging to Vietnam Technological and Commercial Joint Stock Bank (Techcombank) to Mr. X's bank account on March 20. Viet Lap Commune Police coordinated with the Cyber ​​Security and High-Tech Crime Prevention Department to verify the person who transferred the money by mistake and supported this person to receive the money back.

Source: https://cand.com.vn/Xa-hoi/cong-an-phoi-hop-trao-tra-1-47-ty-dong-cho-nguoi-chuyen-nham-i763315/