A man from Hai Duong was prosecuted for leaving his "hot goods" in the trunk of his girlfriend's motorbike.

According to the indictment, at around 10:00 a.m. on October 24, 2023, the Mo Lao Ward Police (Ha Dong, Hanoi) conducted an administrative inspection and discovered Ms. Nguyen Thi H. (born in 1985, in Ha Dong, Hanoi) driving a motorbike. Inside the trunk of the motorbike were a gun butt, a homemade gun, and 35 bullets of various types. Ms. H. stated that these "hot goods" belonged to her boyfriend named Nguyen Huu Thien.

Immediately afterwards, the working group took Ms. H. and the evidence to the headquarters for questioning. In addition, from October 26, 2023 to November 6, 2023, Ha Dong District Police received reports from many people accusing Thien of fraud and property appropriation by providing false information about the possibility of applying for a job transfer or obtaining a visa to go abroad, causing the victims to trust and transfer money.

During the investigation, the police clarified that in November 2018, Nguyen Huu Thien was assigned to work at a unit of the armed forces and regularly had access to and used guns and ammunition.

Because he liked to collect bullet shells for decoration, Thien often hid bullets and brought them home. In total, the defendant hid and brought home 37 bullets.

In May 2021, Thien returned to Tu Ky district (Hai Duong) after being demobilized, then moved to live and rent a room in Hoang Mai district (Hanoi).

According to Thien's statement, he had a hobby of making guns, so he ordered some materials and tools to make guns on the Internet. The suspect then successfully made a pen gun and hid it in his rented room where no one knew.

In July 2023, Thien picked up a piece of wood on the street and brought it home to make a gun stock to shoot birds. Before October 24, 2023, Thien borrowed his girlfriend's car to use. He put the homemade gun and the collected bullets in the trunk of the car and forgot about it, then returned the car to his girlfriend.

Regarding Thien's act of fraud and property appropriation, the police clarified that around the beginning of 2022, the defendant became acquainted with Mr. Nguyen Van T., a state official.

Knowing that Mr. T. wanted to transfer his job, Thien said that he was working as a bodyguard for the Chairman of FLC Group, so he knew many high-ranking leaders and could transfer Mr. T. for a cost of 60 million VND.

Trusting the defendant, in July 2022, Mr. T. gave Thien 60 million VND to take care of "running errands". After receiving the money, the defendant did not contact anyone to request a job transfer for Mr. T. as promised, but used the money to invest in stocks and lost everything. After that, Thien told Mr. T. that he had to spend another 550 million VND to take care of the matter, so the victim trusted and transferred money to the scammer.

The indictment determined that the total amount of money that Mr. T. transferred to Thien was 558 million VND. After receiving the money, Thien continued to use the money to gamble on stocks and lost everything. He did nothing to help "run errands" for Mr. T. as promised.

Procedural documents determined that, in addition to Mr. T., Nguyen Huu Thien also defrauded and appropriated the property of 2 other individuals with a total amount of more than 100 million VND.