On the afternoon of July 3, Bac Ninh Provincial Police announced the prosecution of a case and four defendants related to the act of fraud and property appropriation.
According to information from the Cyber Security and High-Tech Crime Prevention Department of Bac Ninh Provincial Police, an account named “Hoang_Coin_247” was discovered to have signs of fraud and unauthorized access to user accounts on the Binance application.
Nguyen Duc Hung (25 years old, residing in Nghia Dan district, Nghe An province) was identified as the mastermind of this case. Hung learned how to illegally access user accounts on Binance.com through social networks, then bought Binance accounts and linked them to non-owner phone numbers to use as a method of communication and payment.
Hung’s group accessed Binance.com, placed an order to buy a certain amount of cryptocurrency (USDT), and quickly offered it for sale at a low price to attract buyers. When a buyer appeared, Hung sent a message without confirming the transaction code, making the buyer think the transaction was an error and asked him to scan the QR code provided by Hung. When the buyer scanned the QR code, Hung’s group took control of the account, withdrew all the cryptocurrency, and sold all the USDT.
Through investigation, the police identified three more people who committed the crime with Hung: Hoang Dinh Tai (27 years old, living in Nghia Dan district, Nghe An), Nguyen Phung Hoang (22 years old, living in Thanh Chuong district, Nghe An province) and Nguyen Anh Tuan (26 years old, living in Nhu Xuan district, Thanh Hoa province).
4 defendants were prosecuted. Source: Bac Ninh Police
At the investigation agency, the subjects confessed that from the beginning of 2024 until now, with the above tricks, they have successfully carried out more than 50 scams, appropriating about 10 billion VND from many people nationwide, including a victim in Bac Ninh. The appropriated money was used by the subjects to buy cars, top up game money and for personal expenses.
Searching the suspects’ residences, the police seized 6 mobile phones, 4 laptops, 3 USBs, 130 million VND in cash and 37 bank accounts of various types. At the same time, the police froze a bank account and suspended car sales transactions totaling more than 1 billion VND.
Bac Ninh Provincial Police are completing the case file, expanding the investigation and handling the subjects according to the provisions of law.
Source: T/H
