Impersonating a bank employee, defrauding and appropriating more than 8 billion VND

Cheated borrowers out of more than 8 billion VND

On September 19, news from the Department of Cyber Security and High-Tech Crime Prevention of Hai Duong Provincial Police said that the unit had discovered and clarified the act of impersonating a bank employee to consult and support loan procedures and documents to defraud and appropriate more than 8 billion VND from Hoang Thanh Hung (31 years old, residing in Song Cong City, Thai Nguyen).

According to investigation documents, in May 2023, due to the need to borrow money from the bank to do business, and seeing an advertisement hanging near his house introducing the content of loan support from M. Bank, Mr. LVP (40 years old, residing in Thanh Mien District, Hai Duong) contacted the phone number printed on the advertisement for advice and loan support.

Receiving a call from Mr. P. was a person who called himself Hung, introducing himself as an employee of bank M. This person instructed Mr. P. to make friends via social network Zalo for convenient communication.

After several phone calls, this person came directly to Mr. P.’s house to guide him through the loan application process. The person named Hung also gave a series of reasons such as having to pay application fees, appraisal fees, and even ‘asset concealment’ fees… to ask Mr. P. to transfer money to the bank accounts he provided.

Hải Dương: Giả danh nhân viên ngân hàng, lừa đảo, chiếm đoạt hơn 8 tỉ đồng - Ảnh 1. — Hoang Thanh Hung at the police station

Hoping to borrow a large sum of money from the bank, Mr. P. mobilized all of his own money, borrowed from family, friends, and neighbors to transfer to the consultant. In less than 5 months, the amount of money Mr. P. transferred to a person named Hung was more than 8 billion VND.

However, after transferring the money, he did not see the support staff to complete the loan disbursement procedures as promised, suspecting that he was being scammed, Mr. P. went to the police station to report.

Seizing money to play card games

After a period of verification, the Department of Cyber Security and High-Tech Crime Prevention of Hai Duong Provincial Police clarified that the suspect who committed the above fraud was Hoang Thanh Hung.

At the police station, Hung confessed to all his crimes. Accordingly, due to not having a stable job and being addicted to playing card games for rewards, Hung came up with the idea of committing fraud.

Since April 2023, Hung began ordering SIM cards and junk bank accounts on social networks, ordering the printing of about 150 billboards with content supporting bank loans. Then, he installed these billboards throughout residential areas in the provinces of Hai Duong, Thai Nguyen, Bac Kan, etc. with the aim of defrauding and appropriating property.

Around May 2023, Hung received a call from Mr. P. and began to commit fraud. With his enthusiastic and dedicated advice, Hung gained Mr. P's trust.

After that, Hung continuously increased the loan amount, along with a series of fees that Mr. P. had to pay. The entire amount of more than 8 billion VND that Hung swindled from Mr. P. was transferred to 10 bank accounts in card games for prizes and 2 junk bank accounts purchased on social networks.

In addition to the purpose of recharging to play games, Hung will convert and transfer money to his bank account for spending.

Based on the collected documents and evidence, the Department of Cyber Security and High-Tech Crime Prevention of Hai Duong Provincial Police has decided to prosecute the criminal case of fraud and appropriation of property and transfer it to the competent investigation agency for handling according to regulations.

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