Impersonating a bank employee, embezzling more than 8 billion VND

Around May 2023, due to the need to borrow money from the bank to do business, and seeing an advertisement hanging near his house introducing the loan support content of the Military Bank (MBBank), Mr. LVP (born in 1983, in Lam Son commune, Thanh Mien) contacted the phone number printed on the advertisement for advice and loan support.

The person who received the call identified himself as Hung, an employee of MBBank. This person instructed Mr. P. to add him as a friend on Zalo for easier communication.

After several phone calls, the subject came directly to Mr. P.’s house to guide him through the loan application process. The subject gave a series of reasons such as having to pay application fees, appraisal fees, and even “asset concealment” fees, etc. to ask Mr. P. to transfer money to the bank accounts he provided.

In the hope of borrowing money, in addition to mobilizing all of his own money, Mr. P. also borrowed from family, friends, and neighbors to transfer to Hung.

In less than 5 months, Mr. P. transferred more than 8 billion VND to the above subject. After transferring the money, he did not see the staff support the loan disbursement procedures as promised, suspecting that he was being scammed, Mr. P. went to the police station to report.

After a period of verification and investigation, the Department of Cyber ​​Security and High-Tech Crime Prevention, Hai Duong Provincial Police, clarified that the subject who committed the above fraud was Hoang Thanh Hung (born in 1992, in Ninh Huong group, Luong Son ward, Song Cong city, Thai Nguyen).

At the police station, Hung confessed all his crimes.
Due to not having a stable job and being addicted to playing card games for rewards, Hung came up with the idea of ​​committing fraud.

From April 2023, the subject began ordering SIM cards and junk bank accounts on social networks, ordering the printing of about 150 billboards with content supporting bank loans. Then, these billboards were installed throughout residential areas in Hai Duong, Thai Nguyen, Bac Kan... with the aim of defrauding and appropriating property.

In May 2023, Hung received a call from Mr. P. and began to commit fraud. The more than 8 billion VND that Hung swindled from Mr. P. was transferred to 10 bank accounts in card games for rewards and 2 junk bank accounts purchased on social networks. In addition to the purpose of depositing money to play games, the subject converted and transferred money to his own bank account for spending.

The Department of Cyber ​​Security and High-Tech Crime Prevention of the Provincial Police has decided to prosecute the criminal case of fraud and property appropriation and transfer it to the competent investigation agency for handling according to regulations.