Although he does not do business or raise ornamental birds, Le Van Phong in Yen Mo district (Ninh Binh) still uses Zalo to post ornamental birds for sale to trick many people in Chi Linh city into depositing money.
On January 20, the Investigation Police Agency of Chi Linh City Police said it had completed the case file to prosecute the case, prosecute the accused, and arrest Le Van Phong (born in 1992 in Khanh Thinh commune, Yen Mo district, Ninh Binh province) for fraud and property appropriation.
Because he had no stable job and needed money to spend, in December 2024, Phong went online to download some videos of albino starlings and used the Zalo account "Farm De Choat" to post them for sale.
When customers asked to buy, Phong quoted a price and promised to send the phone number of the carrier transporting the birds, along with a commitment to compensate if the birds died. Phong asked the buyers to transfer the deposit to his bank account, then took possession of the money and blocked communication.
From December 2024 until being discovered and arrested, Phong had defrauded and appropriated property of many people in Chi Linh City with an amount of up to tens of millions of Dong.
Phong had two previous convictions for fraud and appropriation of property.
VAN TU