Tung, Truong, Vinh, and Son (from left to right) at the police station - Photo: VNA
On October 25th, the Criminal Police Department of Quang Ninh Provincial Police announced that it had expanded its investigation and prosecuted four individuals involved in a sophisticated "fraudulent appropriation of property" case. These individuals hired people to open bank accounts and used biometric data to carry out fraudulent money transfers.
The Quang Ninh Provincial Police Investigation Agency 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 stipulated in Clause 4, Article 174 of the Penal Code.
According to initial investigations, this group was hired by Nguyen Quang Truong and Nguyen Duc Quan (both born in 1987) – who worked in Cambodia for the ringleader Nguyen Duc Tien (born in 1985, residing in Hanoi ) – to carry out fraudulent money transfers.
To bypass the bank's security requirements (facial biometric scanning for transfers over 10 million VND), Tien instructed Quan and Truong to return to Vietnam to connect with Nguyen Duc Linh (born in 1983, residing in Quang Ninh) to rent locations and recruit many people to open bank accounts. They were then housed together to be ready for biometric scanning, facilitating money transfers when requested by the fraudulent organization.
Tung, Truong, Vinh, and Son confessed to being paid between 15 and 20 million VND per month for opening multiple accounts and providing biometric data as requested. Between October 2024 and their arrest, the group carried out transactions totaling 256 billion VND, successfully defrauding over 784 million VND from numerous victims nationwide.
To date, the Quang Ninh Provincial Police have prosecuted a total of 17 people in this case. The ringleader, Nguyen Duc Tien, has absconded and is wanted by the investigating agency.
The Quang Ninh Provincial Police are urging Nguyen Duc Tien to surrender quickly to receive leniency from the law and request that citizens, upon discovering any information about Tien, immediately contact investigator Duong Doan Tung at the phone number: 0766.437.733. Any act of concealment will be severely punished according to regulations.
The police also advised citizens to be extremely vigilant, not to rent, lend, or sell bank accounts, personal information, and biometric data (face, fingerprints, etc.) to others; and to be wary of offers of "easy jobs with high salaries" to avoid assisting high-tech criminals.
Source: https://tuoitre.vn/thue-nguoi-cung-cap-sinh-trac-hoc-de-lua-dao-hang-tram-ti-dong-2025102520224647.htm
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