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The Criminal Police Department - Ho Chi Minh City Police Department said that it has clarified the details related to the robbery of Sacombank at Nhi Xuan transaction office (Nguyen Van Bua street, Xuan Thoi Thuong commune, Hoc Mon district). The group of suspects including: Nguyen Ngoc My (30 years old, from Binh Duong), Lam Phuc Loi (23 years old, from Vinh Long) and Nguyen Thi Bich Tuyen (22 years old, from Ben Tre) admitted the details of the crime.
The robbers' "reckless" plan
At the investigation agency, the group of subjects said that they all had no stable jobs and were in the same debt situation, so they joined the "Group of bankrupt people who want to take risks" on the social network Facebook. From there, My, Loi and Tuyen created a closed group to discuss "taking risks" to earn money.
Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Thanh Hung - Head of the Criminal Police Department informed, "The group that the subjects joined on Facebook has many members from provinces and cities across the country, no one knows each other's background.
The 3 subjects in the bank robbery knew each other from that group, separated, and discussed robbing each other, targeting banks, gold shops, etc.
They discussed that after this robbery, they would go abroad to hide, wait until the situation calmed down, then return to continue committing crimes. The subjects discussed in advance that when they returned, they would "do business" together long-term by... breaking into the houses and villas of the rich to steal property.
The American suspect - the gang leader - said that the group agreed to rob a bank, so they assigned each other to go online to buy guns. They also contacted each other online to buy motorbikes, repainted them in a different color to use as a means of committing the crime and would destroy them after the mission was successful.
Initially, the group chose a bank branch in Binh Duong to commit the crime, so it took many days of careful research. However, the target was in a residential area with many security guards, so they immediately changed and chose an area on the outskirts of Ho Chi Minh City.
When determining the target of Sacombank, Nhi Xuan transaction office, My and Loi wandered around the area for two consecutive days to investigate.
“They carefully studied the times when customers made transactions and the time when the money cart operated at the bank. The subjects determined to commit a big crime, so they chose the time to commit the crime when the bank had a lot of money,” said the head of the Criminal Police Department about the robbers’ statements.
Developments of the 3.8 billion dong bank robbery
According to the pre-planned plan, on the morning of October 24, My, Loi and Tuyen gathered near Sacombank's Nhi Xuan transaction office. Tuyen drove a rented car, while My and Loi covered their faces and rode motorbikes.
At 10:30 a.m., My and Loi stormed into the bank, pulled out guns and threatened the security guards and customers present.
America controlled and held back the people in front. Loi rushed inside with a gun, pointed it at the tellers, and demanded that they put money in their backpacks.
After robbing more than 3.8 billion VND, Loi ran outside and My drove a motorbike carrying his accomplices to escape.
After driving about 2km, approaching Nhi Xuan drug rehabilitation center, seeing that the surroundings were deserted, My and Loi stopped, doused the car, clothes, and backpack with gasoline and burned them. At this time, Tuyen drove the car to the place, carrying the 2 subjects and the money they had just robbed, heading towards District 12.
On the afternoon of December 24, the group hired a taxi to go to Vung Tau. They divided the stolen money according to their roles: My got 1.5 billion VND, Loi got 1.3 billion VND and Tuyen got 1 billion VND.
Lieutenant Colonel Hung said, “The suspects met online so they didn’t know each other very well. When they divided the stolen money, they temporarily parted ways and each ran away.”
After receiving the report of the robbery, the Ho Chi Minh City Police Department directed the Criminal Police Department to coordinate with other departments, with the District 12 Police and other areas to investigate and pursue. Using many professional measures, the police identified the robbers but they continuously moved to escape.
The Criminal Police Department has coordinated with the Ministry of Public Security, the police of Binh Duong, Long An, Ben Tre, Ba Ria - Vung Tau provinces... to track the subjects.
10 p.m. after the robbery, the police intercepted and arrested My - the ringleader, while he was at Tan Son Nhat airport, preparing to go through exit procedures to Singapore.
Tuyen was arrested while hiding in a location in Tan Phu district. Loi was also arrested by another reconnaissance team in Ben Luc district, Long An province while trying to illegally escape to Cambodia.
Police recovered nearly 3.5 billion VND and 5,500 Singapore dollars.
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