(NLDO) - Quang Binh police have just dismantled a cross-border fraud ring in Cambodia, in which a group of Chinese people turned Vietnamese people into tools.
Dinh Van Quan at the investigation agency (blue jacket)
The Investigation Police Agency of Quang Binh Province has just issued a decision to prosecute the case, prosecuting 15 defendants with different roles and positions in a cross-border fraud organization operating in Cambodia for the crime of "Fraudulent appropriation of property". This is a sophisticated criminal organization with many new tricks and a well-organized organization.
Chinese criminals lead fraud organization
This criminal organization is led by Chinese people, operating in the PoiPet area - Cambodia, an area bordering Thailand, famous for many casinos and illegal activities. Notably, these subjects use Vietnamese people to scam Vietnamese people.
Accordingly, Dinh Van Quan (born in 1996; residing in Vinh Loc district, Thanh Hoa province) initially went to Cambodia to work at the PoiPet area. Due to poor work performance, Quan was transferred to work as a kitchen assistant. In June 2024, Quan returned to work in the company's fraud department, assigned to the "sales" team with the task of "killing customers" - directly carrying out fraud.
According to Quan's statement, the total salary and bonuses he received from his Chinese bosses was about 150 million VND. During his work, Quan defrauded and appropriated about 1.5 billion VND from Vietnamese victims.
Similarly, Vu Quang Khai (born 2000; residing in Bac Giang City, Bac Giang Province) has been working at the fraudulent company since April 2024. Khai was given an employee code to contact and report work to the team leader and related departments. At the end of March 2024 alone, Khai defrauded about 1.2 billion VND. The total salary and bonus that Khai received from the company was about 160 million VND.
According to the investigation agency, this criminal organization operates closely, with a clear division of tasks between groups, including groups that make phone calls (to get to know and attract victims); groups that send interactive messages (to guide and create trust); groups that give reasons (to entice victims to pay more money); groups that play the role of victims (to increase trust and stimulate greed)...
The trick of using "Vietnamese to deceive Vietnamese"
The Vietnamese employees working at PoiPet were all hired by Chinese subjects. The operation to scam Vietnamese people was organized into many different departments, each department taking on a part of the elaborately staged scam scenario.
The subjects are being detained for investigation and clarification.
The call center is tasked with finding “potential customers” and introducing the 5-star review job on Google Maps. Once the customer agrees to participate, they will be instructed to make friends with the Zalo account of the guide and the person who directly carries out the scam.
After the customer makes friends on Zalo, the guide will chat and ask the victim to download and register an account on the company's internal chat applications such as Cochat, Dealay..., and register a wallet to receive money at websites provided by the company such as: http://m.bozmrvvrcuywy.com; http://m.lumidexna.cc .
Victims are then placed in work groups, which contain many fake accounts pretending to be real participants. These subjects show that they have purchased task packages, successfully deposited money, and made a profit to create trust in the victims.
Initially, this organization often pays the victim a small profit to continue to entice them to invest more. When the victim deposits a large amount of money, the guidance department gives reasons such as: Wrong operation, wrong transfer content, need to deposit more money to increase credit score before being able to withdraw money... After that, the entire amount will be appropriated.
The guidance department will collect the victim's bank account information and send it to the account management department to proceed with the withdrawal. The verification department will call the victim directly to confirm the amount of money that has been appropriated, ensuring that it is consistent with the report from the guidance department.
During the implementation of the project, the joint force (including: Le Thuy District Police, Quang Binh Provincial Police's Cyber Security Department and Noi Bai International Airport Border Police) summoned 12 subjects: Dinh Van Quan, Vu Quang Khai, Tran Quoc Duy (born 2001), Luu Hoang Nam (born 2004), Tran Van Thuan (born 1997), Le Van Chien (born 1998), Le Thi Linh (born 2000), Trieu Hoai Thu (born 2004), all from Thanh Hoa.
The group of subjects in Bac Giang province in this ring includes: Vu Van Khiem (born in 1986), Nguyen Van Vuong (born in 2002), Tran Thi Vui (born in 1991), Dao Quynh Trang (born in 2008). Expanding the investigation, the authorities continued to identify 3 more related subjects, including: Dinh Van Sang (born in 2000); Dao Van Thu (born in 1984); Hoang Thi Viet Anh (born in 1982).
From the suspects' statements, the investigation agency determined that in the building in the PoiPet area managed by Chinese people, each floor is a working area for employees from countries such as China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, etc. The Chinese managers recruited and used employees who knew the language of which country to defraud the citizens of that country.
The case is still under investigation to capture and prosecute the ringleaders.
Source: https://nld.com.vn/triet-pha-duong-day-lua-dao-chuyen-dung-chieu-nguoi-viet-lua-nguoi-viet-196250217183315021.htm
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