HCMC – Foreign nationals, along with a group of Vietnamese individuals living in Cambodia, orchestrated a scheme to swindle VND171 billion out of Nguyen Thi Giang Huong, former chairwoman of Nhon Trach District in Dong Nai Province.
The details were disclosed by Colonel Nguyen Mang Toan, deputy director of the Dong Nai Police Department, during a press conference on July 30, addressing the socio-economic performance of the province in the first half of 2024.
According to the Dong Nai Police, a group of Vietnamese citizens residing in Cambodia, led by a foreign national, carried out the fraud through 109 bank accounts.
The investigation found that 12 individuals in Vietnam used fake citizen identity cards to open 17 accounts, which they then sold to the fraudsters. The Dong Nai authorities have initiated legal proceedings against these suspects for the crime of “using forged seals and documents of organizations and agencies” as part of the ongoing investigation.
In early March 2024, Nguyen Thi Giang Huong was tricked by the group, resulting in the loss of VND171 billion from her account.
Following the incident, the Standing Committee of the Dong Nai Provincial Party Committee dismissed Huong from her position as Nhon Trach’s Party deputy secretary for the 2020-2025 term, citing her failure to honestly declare her assets and incomes, as well as concealing the origin of undeclared funds.
Consequently, she was also removed from her role as chairwoman of the Nhon Trach People’s Committee for the 2021-2026 term.
