Recently, Ho Chi Minh City Police have recorded new tricks of subjects using high technology to defraud and appropriate property.
These subjects impersonated the investigation agency, the People's Procuracy, and approached relatives of defendants who were being prosecuted or detained to request money transfers to "fix the case" via USDT cryptocurrency.
According to the police, the subjects searched for information about criminal and economic cases in newspapers and social networks and researched the defendant's family relationships.
They forged procedural documents such as personal records, prosecution decisions, and sent them to the defendant's relatives via Telegram, Facebook... to increase persuasiveness.
The subject then claimed to be an investigator or prosecutor handling the case, asking relatives to transfer 100,000 USDT (about 2.6 billion VND) to a designated cryptocurrency wallet to "mitigate the sentence" for the accused. If the victim believed, the entire amount would be taken.
Ho Chi Minh City police are currently focusing on investigating, prosecuting and strictly handling the subjects' actions according to the law.
The police also advise people not to participate in money transactions to "fix the case", because this behavior violates the law and can be prosecuted for "bribery" or "bribery brokerage" under Articles 364 and 365 of the Penal Code.
When encountering similar situations, people need to stay calm, not transfer money and immediately report to the police of the ward, commune or town or contact the Ho Chi Minh City Police Department on duty at 069.3187.344 or the Criminal Police Department on duty at 069.3187.200 to provide information and coordinate the investigation.
