Successfully breaking up a transnational cyber fraud case

(Chinhphu.vn) - A special working group of Lai Chau Provincial Police has just chaired and coordinated with the Representative Office of the Ministry of Public Security of Vietnam in Cambodia, the Criminal Police Department - Ministry of Public Security and Cambodian functional forces to successfully dismantle a large-scale, transnational cyber fraud case.

Images from the project to arrest a group of online fraudsters in Cambodia

The project is under the direct command of Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Van Long, Deputy Minister, Head of the Investigation Police Agency of the Ministry of Public Security .

After a long period of applying professional measures, on October 28, Lai Chau Provincial Police coordinated with the Criminal Police Department; Representative of the Ministry of Public Security of Vietnam in Cambodia and Cambodian functional forces to successfully dismantle the case, arresting 59 subjects (44 men; 15 women), all Vietnamese, while they were committing crimes in the Bokor Hill area of ​​the Bokor Ecological Park complex in Tuek Chhou Ward, Bokor City, Kampot Province, Kingdom of Cambodia.

The successful breaking of the case demonstrates the close cooperation between Vietnam and the Kingdom of Cambodia in general, and the police forces of the two countries in particular, in the context of the signing ceremony of the United Nations Convention against Cybercrime ( Hanoi Convention) hosted by Vietnam on October 25-26 in Hanoi, which has just ended.

According to initial investigation results, the leader of the transnational fraud ring is Sung Thi Mai (commonly known as Vi), born in 1999, residing in Mon Dao village, Thai Nien commune, Bao Thang district, Lao Cai province (now Bao Thang commune, Lao Cai).

The above criminal group operated under the guise of impersonating shippers, police, and military officers, defrauding the love lives of more than 8,000 victims nationwide, with an estimated amount of over 300 billion VND.

A representative of Lai Chau Provincial Police said that after checking and classifying the subjects, the Cambodian authorities handed over all 59 subjects to the Investigation Police Agency - Lai Chau Provincial Police, along with some evidence seized in the case. In relation to the case, the police have so far arrested 66 subjects.

Linh Anh

Source: https://baochinhphu.vn/pha-thanh-cong-chuyen-an-lua-dao-chiem-doat-tai-san-tren-khong-gian-mang-xuyen-quoc-gia-10225102916410932.htm