Breaking up a ring of counterfeiting citizen identification cards, vehicle registration papers, and red books

On the afternoon of December 13, news from Thanh Hoa Provincial Police said that the Criminal Police Department of this province has just initiated a case, prosecuted the accused and temporarily detained Nguyen Van Quan (born in 1991, residing in Thieu Hoa district, Thanh Hoa province); Phan Van Loi (born in 1989, residing in Vinh Loi district, Bac Lieu province) and Tran Quoc Tuan (born in 2001, residing in Go Vap district, Ho Chi Minh City) for the act of forging seals and documents of agencies and organizations.

Previously, implementing a plan to expand the investigation into a group of people who produced and forged documents and seals of agencies and organizations, the Criminal Police Department of Thanh Hoa Province Police discovered a group of people living in southern provinces and cities suspected of producing and forging seals and documents of agencies and organizations.

Specifically, the group of people forged a large number of citizen identification cards, driver's licenses, vehicle registration certificates, stamps and inspection certificates, land use right certificates, various diplomas, certificates... Then supplied them nationwide to many customers in Thanh Hoa .

Quan, Loi and Tuan with the evidence at the police station. (Photo: Thanh Hoa Police)

After 2 months of investigation and verification, the Criminal Police Department of Thanh Hoa Province Police arrested Nguyen Van Quan, Phan Van Loi and Tran Quoc Tuan. The police force also seized many tools, machines, and means to produce and counterfeit seals and documents of agencies and organizations such as: machines, seal blanks, blank cards, CCCD chips, various types of ink, printing paper,... and hundreds of fake papers and documents of agencies and organizations.

The police determined that Nguyen Van Quan and Tran Quoc Tuan were the ones who directly edited, designed the images and printed the fake products. Phan Van Loi was responsible for finding customers and carrying out the transaction procedures.

To conceal their criminal activities, the aforementioned group created numerous fake Zalo social media accounts, registering them with phone numbers that were not registered under their names. They then joined various groups and forums to solicit and find customers. Depending on the materials and sophistication of the counterfeit products, the group would charge customers between 500,000 and 2,000,000 VND and require a deposit of 20-30% of the total cost upfront.

When making transactions, this group of people only use bank accounts under the name of legal entities (because they do not have to perform biometrics) to receive money and contact customers via social networks Zalo or Telegram.

NGUYEN VUONG

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