VTC News's source at the Economic Police Department, Thua Thien - Hue Provincial Police said that on January 25, the Prevention and Investigation Team for Smuggling, Manufacturing and Trading of Counterfeit Goods, and Intellectual Property Infringement of this unit coordinated with a number of other forces to suddenly inspect Fireworks Store No. 3 at 54 Nguyen Van Thuong, Phu Bai Ward, Huong Thuy Town.
The authorities discovered that Pham Van Khanh (born in 1980, residing in Group 10, Phu Bai Ward), who signed a contract with the owner of the above store, had traded and stored 21 fireworks of various types, totaling about 17kg, without any invoices or documents. These fireworks were suspected to be counterfeit fireworks of the Ministry of National Defense.
Khanh and the fireworks suspected of being counterfeit fireworks of the Ministry of National Defense without invoices or documents. (Photo: NTCC)
In addition, the police discovered 18 fireworks displays that were required to be recalled to the factory but were still being sold at the above-mentioned store.
Working with the police, Pham Van Khanh confessed that he bought the fireworks from Hanoi to sell without any invoices or documents. The Economic Police Department of Thua Thien - Hue Police is temporarily holding the fireworks for appraisal and handling.
A representative of the Thua Thien - Hue Provincial Police also said that the Cyber Security and High-Tech Crime Prevention Department has just coordinated with the Criminal Police Department and other units to break up a loan sharking ring with a loan amount of up to 35 billion VND; arrested 2 related people.
The two people arrested were Luong Hoang Nhat Nam (identified as the ringleader, born in 1996, residing in Vy Da ward, Hue city) and Huynh Van Truong Phat (born in 1996, residing in Thuan Hoa ward, Hue city).
According to initial investigation, since 2020, Nam and Phat have been advertising lending activities on social network Facebook with the following content: Low interest rates, fast disbursement, no appraisal required, maximum loan limit, bad debt support... with interest rates from 3,000 VND - 11,500 VND for 1 million VND per day, i.e. interest rates from 109.5%/year to 419.75%/year.
Nam and Phat used Mecash software to manage loan contracts as well as calculate interest rates and debt reminders; split loan interest rates into 2 contracts and divide interest into many fees to avoid detection by authorities.
If the customer fails to pay on time, Nam and Phat hire people to threaten, track the vehicle's location, and go to the customer's house to seize the vehicle and collect the debt. From 2020 to the time of their arrest, these two people established more than 2,000 contracts with loan amounts up to 35 billion VND, illegally profiting over 7 billion VND.
At two locations where Nam and Phat operated lending operations (No. 3 Provincial Road 10, Phu Thuong Ward, Hue City and 169 Dien Bien Phu, Truong An Ward, Hue City), the police discovered and seized 1 car, 39 computers, phones, cameras of various types, many bank accounts, sim cards, 2 boxes of GPS devices and a number of documents related to lending operations.
NGUYEN VUONG
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