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Le Thi Hien invited people to contribute capital to provide "financial proof" services for customers who wanted to study abroad or export labor to appropriate more than 12 billion VND.
Hien, 32 years old, residing in Vinh City, was prosecuted and detained for the crime.Fraudulent appropriation of property, according to Article 174 of the Penal Code. The procedural decisions were approved by the People's Procuracy of Nghe An province and announced on November 14.
Suspect Hien (second from right) listens to the police read the arrest warrant.
Authorities accused Hien of lying that he was providing "financial proof" services for customers who wanted to travel, study abroad, or work abroad, and of inviting many people to pool their capital with a profit of 8,000-10,000 VND/million VND/day on the total amount contributed.
Hien then created many social media accounts, impersonating a brokerage company, authorizing visa reception from embassies of several countries, then texting his own account to exchange content related to "financial proof", then taking photos of the messages and sending them to partners to create trust to contribute capital.
According to the investigation agency, believing in the tricks "drawn up" by Hien, since the beginning of the year, two men in Vinh City have repeatedly transferred 12 billion VND to Hien to "invest" in the hope of receiving profits. After receiving the money, Hien gambled online and cut off contact.
From the victims' accusations, Hien was arrested in mid-November.
According to VnExpress
