Hiring biometric providers to defraud hundreds of billions of dong

From October 2024 until being discovered, this group of people had made transactions worth 256 billion VND, and were determined to have appropriated more than 784 million VND from many people.

Tung, Truong, Vinh, Son (from left to right) at the police station - Photo: VNA

On October 25, the Criminal Police Department of Quang Ninh Province Police said that the unit had expanded its investigation and prosecuted four subjects related to the case of "fraudulent appropriation of property" with a sophisticated method of hiring people to open bank accounts and using biometric data to carry out fraudulent money transfers.

The Investigation Police Agency of Quang Ninh Province Police has issued a decision to prosecute Duong Van Tung (born in 1992), Doan Van Truong (born in 1977), Pham Van Vinh (born in 1987) and Nguyen Thanh Son (born in 1995), all residing in Quang Ninh Province, for the crime of "fraudulent appropriation of property" as prescribed in Clause 4, Article 174 of the Penal Code.

According to the initial investigation results, this group of people were hired by Nguyen Quang Truong and Nguyen Duc Quan (both born in 1987) - working in Cambodia for the leader Nguyen Duc Tien (born in 1985, residing in Hanoi ) - to carry out the fraudulent money transfer.

To bypass the bank's security requirements (face biometric scanning when transferring over 10 million VND), Tien directed Quan and Truong to return to Vietnam to connect with Nguyen Duc Linh (born in 1983, residing in Quang Ninh) to rent a location and recruit many people to open a bank account, then gather to eat and live to be ready to scan biometrics, serving the money transfer when requested by the fraud organization.

Tung, Truong, Vinh, and Son confessed that they were paid between 15 and 20 million VND/month for opening many accounts and providing biometric data upon request. From October 2024 until being discovered, the group had conducted a total of transactions worth 256 billion VND, successfully appropriating more than 784 million VND from many victims across the country.

Up to now, Quang Ninh Provincial Police have prosecuted a total of 17 people in this case. The ringleader, Nguyen Duc Tien, has fled and has been wanted by the Investigation Police Agency.

Quang Ninh Provincial Police called on Nguyen Duc Tien to quickly surrender to enjoy leniency under the law and asked people who discovered information about Tien to immediately contact investigator Duong Doan Tung via phone number: 0766.437.733. Any act of cover-up will be strictly handled according to regulations.

The police also advise people to be absolutely vigilant, not to rent, lend or sell bank accounts, personal information and biometric data (face, fingerprints, etc.) to others; and to be wary of "easy work, high salary" offers to avoid assisting high-tech criminals.

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VNA

Source: https://tuoitre.vn/thue-nguoi-cung-cap-sinh-trac-hoc-de-lua-dao-hang-tram-ti-dong-2025102520224647.htm