Nguyen Thi Le Na was sentenced to 10 years in prison for defrauding many people of more than 9.4 billion VND.

The Provincial People's Court (PPC) has tried many cases related to the act of "Fraudulent appropriation of property". The following case is a typical example: At the end of August 2024, the Provincial PPC opened a first-instance trial against Dinh Trong Huan (born in 1987, residing in Phu Thuong ward, Hue city) for the act of "Fraudulent appropriation of property".

Due to losses in business investments, Huan had to borrow money from many people to pay off debts. To have money to pay off due loans and for personal expenses, Huan took advantage of his position as a worker at Vietcombank Hue branch, providing false information: He needed money in a short time to pay off debts for customers at the bank where Huan worked, or lied that he needed capital to buy real estate, and when he sold it, he would pay the principal and interest.

To gain trust, Huan offered high interest rates of 2,000 - 2,500 VND/1 million VND/1 day and often borrowed for short periods of time from a few days to 30 days. Trusting Huan, many victims were colleagues or customers who lent money to Huan and had huge sums of money appropriated by Huan.

From the end of June 2021 to October 2022, Huan appropriated money from 6 victims: Ms. DH, Mr. Ph. H., Mr. VT, Mr. LQ, Mr. D. L., Ms. D. Th. (all of whom are Huan's colleagues or customers) with a total amount of nearly 22 billion VND. Ms. H. alone lent Huan 8.2 billion VND 11 times, Mr. H. lent Huan 6 times 6.7 billion VND...

The court sentenced the defendant Dinh Trong Huan to 15 years in prison for “fraudulent appropriation of property”. In addition, the defendant must return all the money he had appropriated from the victims.

Similarly, the Provincial People's Court has tried and sentenced many subjects with the trick of needing money in a short time to "repay" the bank with high interest rates to defraud and appropriate property. Nguyen Thi Le Na (born in 1981, residing on Nguyen Lo Trach Street, Hue City), a former credit officer at Vietcombank Hue branch, used deceitful tricks to appropriate property of many people with the amount of 9.4 billion VND, used the money to pay debts and used it for personal purposes. The trial panel sentenced the defendant to 10 years in prison. Nguyen Thi Le Na also had to return all the money she had appropriated from the victims.

Another case also "fell into the trap" because of trust and greed for high interest rates when lending money, so Ms. Nguyen Thi H. (director of a company, residing on Dien Bien Phu Street, Hue City) also fell into the trap of Tran Duc Bieu (born in 1987, residing in Truong An Ward, Hue City), a former employee of HDBank's transaction office located in Hue City. Bieu borrowed money from Ms. H. with the purpose of paying off the bank loan and committed to paying high monthly interest to Ms. H. The first few times, Bieu paid the interest on time to Ms. H. Because of trust, Ms. H. later lent Bieu many times with a total amount of 5.4 billion VND.

Faced with cases of property appropriation fraud occurring in the province with the trick of high interest rates, the authorities have stepped up propaganda to raise people's awareness and prevention. At the same time, they advise people not to trust, not to listen to the enticements and not to be greedy for "paying high interest rates" from borrowers, especially those who have worked in the banking industry. Everyone absolutely must not trust, not to listen to the requests of the subjects to avoid falling into the fraud trap. In case of detecting subjects with fraudulent acts of property appropriation or suspecting being deceived with the above tricks, it is necessary to promptly report to the police for timely reception, guidance on resolution and handling according to the provisions of law.

Article and photos: THAI SON