Desperate, in debt, extortion of relatives' property

On October 4, Hoi used a junk SIM card to send a text message to Mr. LTT, born in 1985, and Mr. VVH, born in 1982, both in the same village, threatening and forcing them to transfer money to him, each from 25 to 30 million VND. If the money was not transferred, Hoi threatened to endanger the victims' mothers, wives, and children.

Fearing that his mother was in danger, on October 5, Mr. T. transferred 10 million VND at Hoi's request to an account provided by Hoi.

After receiving the report of the incident, the leaders of Cam Giang District Police directed the Criminal Police Team to urgently investigate and arrest the suspect. Just 24 hours after committing the crime, the detectives successfully arrested the suspect in the locality, confiscating all the tools, evidence and means of committing the crime.

At the police station, Hoi confessed that because he was in debt and was often urged by creditors to pay, in a desperate situation, Hoi thought of a way to buy a junk SIM card and send text messages to Mr. T. and Mr. H. to threaten and intimidate the victims into transferring money, even though Hoi knew that the victims were all acquaintances. Mr. T. was also a very close relative of Hoi. To avoid being exposed, Hoi borrowed someone else's account number to ask the victims to transfer money.

On October 10, the Investigation Police Agency of Cam Giang District Police initiated a case, prosecuted the accused, and temporarily detained Vu Van Hoi for 3 months for the crime of extortion of property under Clause 2, Article 170 of the Penal Code; at the same time, continued to expand the investigation, clarify other related acts for handling according to the provisions of law.