Scammers promising to "fix" court cases swindle nearly 200 million VND.

On May 28th, the Investigation Police Department of Quang Xuong District Police initiated a criminal case, indicted and temporarily detained Le Thi Nam Phuong, born in 1978, residing in Mat Son Street, Dong Ve Ward, Thanh Hoa City, for the crime of fraud and appropriation of property.

The subject is Le Thi Nam Phuong.

Previously, on May 22, 2023, the Quang Xuong District Police received a criminal complaint from a resident of Quang Nhan commune, Quang Xuong district, accusing Le Thi Nam Phuong of defrauding them of 180 million VND by promising to "fix" a suspended sentence.

Immediately after receiving the report, the Quang Xuong District Police quickly launched an investigation to verify and clarify the incident. Through verification and the collected documents and evidence, the Quang Xuong District Police Investigation Department initially determined that: Around February 2022, due to debt and the need for money for personal expenses, when someone asked her to "fix" a case for a relative who had been arrested by the district police for "gambling" and was out on bail, Le Thi Nam Phuong agreed to help.

To carry out her scheme, Phuong lied about working at the Provincial Court and asked the victim to transfer 180 million VND to her (through an intermediary). Believing Phuong, the victim gave her 180 million VND to "fix the case".

But it wasn't until October 2022, when the Thanh Hoa Provincial People's Court heard the appeal and upheld the 8-month prison sentence, that the victim realized she had been deceived.

After repeatedly going to Phuong's house to demand the money back but only receiving 25 million VND, in May 2023, after serving his prison sentence and returning to his hometown, the victim filed a complaint against Le Thi Nam Phuong for fraud with the police.

Thai Thanh

Source: https://baothanhhoa.vn/phap-luat/lua-dao-chay-an-chiem-doat-gan-200-nbsp-trieu-dong/187353.htm