Criminal detention of 3 subjects in Trieu Phong related to online fraud

This morning, May 27, information from the Criminal Police Department of Quang Tri Province Police said that the unit has just issued a decision to temporarily detain Nguyen Cong Quoc (born in 2005), Le Quang Nguyen (born in 1996) and Nguyen Huu Phong (born in 1995), all residing in Trieu Dai commune, Trieu Phong district, to investigate the act of fraud and appropriation of property online.

Subjects Nguyen Huu Phong, Nguyen Cong Quoc and Le Quang Nguyen and (from left to right) - Photo: CAQT

At the police station, the three suspects Quoc, Nguyen and Phong confessed to creating voting pages on the website weebly.com to commit fraud and take over other people's Facebook accounts.

Next, impersonating the account owner to text friends and relatives to borrow money and request to transfer to a bank account with the same name as the Facebook account owner. Therefore, many victims completely trusted him to transfer money.

Using the same trick, from 2024 until being discovered, the group had taken over hundreds of Facebook accounts and defrauded hundreds of millions of dong.

It is known that previously, on May 8, the Criminal Police Department also issued a decision to prosecute Doan Thanh Phong (born in 1998), residing in Hai Quy commune, Hai Lang district, for fraud and property appropriation.

Nguyen An

Source: https://baoquangtri.vn/tam-giu-hinh-su-3-doi-tuong-o-trieu-phong-lien-quan-hanh-vi-lua-dao-qua-mang-193933.htm