On December 17, Lien Chieu District Police, Da Nang City arrested and extradited Nguyen Tan Thuong (29 years old, residing in Tuy Hoa City, Phu Yen Province) in connection with the case of impersonating a police officer to defraud and appropriate property.

In October 2024, Lien Chieu District Police received a report from Ms. TTN (38 years old) stating that she received a call from a person claiming to be on duty at Hien Ninh Commune Police, Quang Ninh District, Quang Binh Province.

This person informed that Ms. N's two grandchildren had not yet made citizen identification cards, asked them to do so urgently and introduced "Mr. Nam, working at the Quang Ninh District Police, will contact them to provide instructions".

Next, Ms. N. received another call, the person on the other end of the line identified himself as "Nam from Quang Ninh District Police" and asked her to provide additional information to make a citizen identification card. This person suggested that Ms. N. search the internet for the keyword "chinhphu.hodancu.com" and then follow the instructions.

Trusting, Ms. N. entered personal information, bank account number and facial recognition according to the instructions on this page.

After taking the steps, Ms. N. discovered that her bank account had been deducted nearly 39 million VND and the above amount was transferred to an account number under the name Nguyen Tan Thuong.

Investigating the information about the bank account owner who received money from Ms. N., the police identified this person as Nguyen Tan Thuong (29 years old, residing in Tuy Hoa City, Phu Yen Province). Continuing to verify, the police learned that Thuong was a person who frequently traveled to Cambodia and was suspected of participating in gambling there.

In mid-December, when information was received that Thuong and a group of Vietnamese people were deported back to their country by Cambodian authorities, Lien Chieu District Police sent a task force to intercept them at Moc Bai Border Gate (Tay Ninh Province) and brought the suspects back for questioning.

Initially, Thuong confessed that since April 2024, a man (unknown origin) invited him to work in Cambodia. Thuong was assigned to open a bank account to receive illegal money, then transfer it to other bank accounts.

For each account number when receiving money, Thuong was paid a commission of 8 million VND, and the task of impersonating authorities to make fraudulent calls to appropriate people's property was performed by a group of about 70-80 Vietnamese people working in this facility.

Lien Chieu District Police determined that from September 29 to October 9, Thuong received about 6.4 billion VND from the victims transferred into his bank account. This amount was transferred by Thuong to many other accounts to receive a percentage of the commission.

Currently, the police continue to investigate and expand the money flow to handle it according to regulations.