Arrested young man impersonating police officer to defraud and appropriate 16 billion VND

On the afternoon of September 16, speaking with VietNamNet reporter, a leader of Cao Bang Provincial Police said that the Economic Police Department of the Provincial Police had prosecuted and issued a temporary detention order to investigate Nguyen Van Quang (born in 1996, registered permanent residence in Trung village, Dong Viet commune, Yen Dung district, Bac Giang province) for the crime of Fraudulent appropriation of property.

The suspect was arrested by the police. Photo: CACC.

Police determined that suspect Nguyen Van Quang was related to the case of Hoang Thuy Luong (born 1981) who was prosecuted and detained for fraud and property appropriation of 18.65 billion.

During the investigation, the police discovered that Luong had a relationship with Nguyen Van Quang. Due to debt and needing money for personal expenses, Quang impersonated an officer of the Ministry of Public Security to defraud and appropriate property of the victims.

The subject took advantage of his acquaintance with Hoang Thuy Luong and some other victims to entice Luong to give money to Quang with the excuse that he needed money for work.

Quang also pretended to know many high-ranking leaders of the Ministry of Public Security, showing the victims their phone numbers and text messages to gain their trust. In fact, the phone numbers and text messages were created by Quang himself.

Initially, the police determined that Nguyen Van Quang had defrauded and appropriated about 16 billion VND.

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