Officers in the Bac Ninh Provincial Police Department's special investigation team recounted an encounter with a group of scammers who appropriated nearly 1,000 billion VND from more than 13,000 people nationwide.
On January 22, Bac Ninh Provincial Police presided over and coordinated with the Ministry of Public Security; Northern Airports Authority, Southern Airports Authority, banking systems, network operators, border gates and police of many provinces and cities to eradicate a cross-border fraud ring using high technology, with sophisticated tricks, causing particularly serious consequences.
Initially, the police arrested nearly 60 subjects and clarified that from May 2024 to present, this group has appropriated nearly 1,000 billion VND from more than 13,000 victims nationwide.
Regarding the investigation process of the case, Captain Nguyen Duy Hoa, Deputy Head of the Investigation Security Department, Bac Ninh Provincial Police, said that from the first days of participating in the fraud organization, the subjects were thoroughly and deeply trained in the law to be ready to respond when summoned by the investigation agency.
"When summoned, arrested and brought to the investigation agency, the subjects always appeared calm, stubborn, resolute, and determined not to confess to their crimes," said Captain Nguyen Duy Hoa.
The investigators had to struggle with their wits and reasoning to make the subjects bow their heads and confess. Up to now, the police have dismantled and identified the entire organizational structure of this cross-border fraud ring.
Colonel Bui Chien Thang, Deputy Director of Bac Ninh Provincial Police, said that the unit had prepared very carefully in building a specific plan for solving the case, assigning tasks to members of the investigation team and officers mobilized to participate in the case solving work.
According to Colonel Bui Chien Thang, Bac Ninh Provincial Police mobilized 168 officers and soldiers, divided into different teams, each working team will be in charge of specific subjects, specific areas, and specific periods of time.
Sharing about the difficulties in solving the case, the Deputy Director of Bac Ninh Provincial Police stated that the criminals operated outside the country's borders, in a closed group with a very tight organization, and very specific assignments for each member.
"It is also very difficult to collect information about the criminal activities of the subjects before solving the case. In particular, the forces participating in solving the case do not know the subjects' faces, while the number of subjects is very large, scattered over a large area," said Colonel Bui Chien Thang.
Bac Ninh Provincial Police continue to hunt down the suspects who have returned to Vietnam and are still hiding, while coordinating with the host country to arrest the remaining criminals in the fraud ring.
Regarding the recovery of the amount of money the group of subjects had defrauded, the investigation security agency of Bac Ninh Provincial Police has frozen the accounts of these subjects.
However, in reality, most of the large sums of money that were appropriated from people were in bank accounts managed by foreign leaders, so getting the money back for the people is very difficult.
TH (according to VTC News)