Recently, across the country in general, and in Hung Yen province in particular, the situation of criminals using high technology to defraud and appropriate assets in cyberspace has been very complicated. Domestic and foreign subjects collude with each other, forming a network with organization, assigning clear tasks, sophisticated tricks, recklessness, and diversity in fraud forms.
Currently, there is a situation of fraud in the form of investment in "virtual currency" exchanges, foreign exchange... with thousands of participants, causing losses of up to thousands of billions of VND.
In this situation, the police force nationwide has focused on fighting and destroying many fraud rings through the form of "virtual currency" investment. Typically, on July 17, the Criminal Police Department of Hung Yen Provincial Police dismantled a special case of fraud to appropriate assets using high technology in cyberspace, in the form of USDT cryptocurrency investment (transaction rate 1:1 to USD) through a fake BO exchange named "Top Trade1". The ring was led by Nguyen Duy Thoai (born in 1995, residing in Phu Lien Ward, Hai Phong City) and 8 other subjects participating.
The investigation process showed that the subjects assigned specific and methodical tasks. The group of "brokers" pretending to be financial transaction experts used valuable cryptocurrency accounts to livestream on social networks to attract investors. The leader programmed and adjusted the deposit - withdrawal of money in the account, intervened to make customers "interest" or "break" as intended, thereby gradually appropriating the entire amount.
The victims were initially instructed to enter the order with a high interest rate, withdrawing money easily to create trust. After that, they are encouraged to deposit large sums of money to increase profits. When the deposit amount reaches hundreds of millions of VND, even billions of VND, the group of subjects will lock their accounts or use the excuse of paying personal income tax, requesting an additional 30 - 40% to withdraw money, but even if they deposit more, the victim still cannot withdraw. When they no longer have financial capacity, the subjects delete contact, crash the website and appropriate the entire amount.
To avoid becoming victims, the Criminal Police Department of Hung Yen Provincial Police recommends that people be vigilant, research carefully before participating in investing and absolutely do not believe in high-profit invitations; do not participate in closed groups, online communities of unknown origin; do not provide personal information, bank accounts or access strange links; do not transfer money to individuals and organizations that have not been clearly verified; at the same time, when detecting signs of fraud, you should immediately report to the nearest police agency for timely handling.
