On the afternoon of February 25, the People’s Court of Da Nang City held a first-instance trial of a defendant who forged a People’s Police ID card and a blue license plate (official vehicle) 80A to defraud 8 billion VND.
Received 2 billion VND to… run the case for a female tycoon who swindled 1,200 billion VND
The People’s Court sentenced Le Thua Son (50 years old, in Yen My commune, Nong Cong district, Thanh Hoa ) to 13 years in prison for fraud and appropriation of property; 3 years in prison for forging and using fake seals and documents of agencies and organizations. The total sentence is 16 years in prison.
According to the indictment, in April 2023, Le Thua Son came from Thanh Hoa to Da Nang City to trade in fine art wooden products and met Ms. PTH (45 years old, in Hai Chau District) and Ms. NTN (37 years old, in Son Tra District, both in Da Nang City).
With the intention of fraud from the beginning, Son ordered a fake People’s Police ID card, a blue license plate for the official car 80A, took pictures and sent them via Zalo to “brag” to Ms. N. about Son being a police colonel and close to many high-ranking leaders.
First instance trial of Son PHOTO: NGUYEN TU
In May 2023, Ms. PTH asked Son to help her sister, defendant Phung Thi Nghe, get bail (previously, “tycoon” Phung Thi Nghe was prosecuted and detained for fraud of 1,200 billion VND, Thanh Nien reported – PV).
Ms. H. also asked Son to collect the debt in Ho Chi Minh City. Son “bragged” that he would ask a high-ranking official to intervene, collect the debt, help Ms. H.’s brother get bail and file a petition to appeal his innocence.
Son offered a debt collection fee of 2 billion VND, and promised to resolve the matter within 2 months. Ms. H. agreed and paid the full amount between May 6 and 10, 2023.
However, Ms. H.’s younger sister, Phung Thi Nghe, was still sentenced to life in prison . By the end of July 2023, Son could not resolve the matter, so Ms. H. asked for money but did not pay. Son signed an IOU, promising to pay back the money by October 25, 2023, but then evaded the payment.
Son confessed to using the money to pay off his debt to gangsters and spending it all.
Cheating on lovers
During the time he knew and defrauded Ms. H., Son also had a relationship with Ms. NTN (Ms. H.’s friend). In June 2023, Ms. N. asked him to “run” to change the purpose of use to residential land for the agricultural land plot in Tam Thang Ward (Tam Ky City, Quang Nam ). Son offered a price of 1.3 billion VND and defrauded his lover.
At Son’s request, Ms. N. provided a copy of the land use rights certificate and 700 million VND. Son promised to convert it by the end of 2023, but Son continued to bring money to pay the debt.
Not only did Son not carry out the above mission, he also took advantage of his lover’s trust, fabricated a story that he had 1.4 hectares of rice fields in Truong Xuan commune (Nong Cong district, Thanh Hoa), and lured Ms. N. to give him money to level the land and change the purpose of use to residential land to divide into plots and sell.
Son continued to extort money from his lover by setting up a fake mine in Tuong Van commune (Nong Cong district) for Ms. N. to give him money to exploit. In just 2 months, from June to August 2023, Ms. N. gave Son 6 billion VND.
In court, Le Thua Son admitted his crimes. Son had his People’s Police ID cards and official blue license plate 80A forged on Facebook for 1.6 million VND to show that Son was a colonel of the Ministry of Public Security and to fool people.
Son has compensated Ms. H. 2 billion VND and his lover 5.7 billion VND. The victims also asked for a lighter sentence for the defendant.
Source: thanhnien.vn
Source: Vietnam Insider