Tattooed chest impersonating a monk to donate to charity, scamming billions of dong

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The suspect was arrested by the police – Photo: HB

On the afternoon of April 24, the Cyber ​​Security and High-Tech Crime Prevention and Control Department (PA05, Da Nang Police) said that through the work of understanding the situation in cyberspace, they discovered “One Heart” accounts. Buddha’s Guide – Buddhist Nun, “Mysterious Buddha Dharma – Nun Nhan Do”, “Nun Tam Phuc”, “Mysterious Buddha Dharma – Nun Tam Ha”… regularly post pictures of worthy situations injuries (accidents, serious illnesses, orphans, etc.) and articles calling for and donating charity to many personal bank accounts.

Applying professional measures, PA05 identified Facebook accounts impersonating Bhikkhuni Thich Nu Tuong Phuc (living in Hue), and using images of victims treated at major hospitals in Da Nang. Da Nang calls for donations for the purpose of fraudulently appropriating property.

The subject who committed the fraud is living in Ho Chi Minh City, so PA05 reported to the City Police Director to coordinate with other units to go to Ho Chi Minh City to verify and arrest.

At 4:00 p.m. on April 18, the working group of Da Nang City Police “zoned out” the suspect, Le Dinh Hai (26 years old, residing in Binh Tan District, Ho Chi Minh City), who was staying at a boarding house, so he was summoned home. police Office.

The bank accounts Hai uses to receive charity donations – Photo: HB

The suspect admitted to fraudulently appropriating charity money. Accordingly, this person created Facebook accounts impersonating Bhikkhuni Thich Nu Tuong Phuc to post articles with content calling for charity donations to help difficult and sick situations for the purpose of appropriation. asset.

Many people have trusted and transferred donations from 20,000 VND to 2 million VND into many different accounts of Hai. Among them, an account named Truong Thi Huyen Tran received a total amount of more than 1.2 billion VND, an account named Nguyen Tien Dung received more than 550 million VND.

With the above trick, from the beginning of 2021 until the time of his arrest, Hai appropriated billions of dong from tens of thousands of victims nationwide.

The authorities seized more than 12 bank cards of all types, with a total transaction amount of over 10 billion VND, the transaction amount in Hai’s personal account alone was nearly 6 billion VND.

Da Nang City Police have decided to prosecute and temporarily arrest Le Dinh Hai for fraudulent appropriation of property.

PA05 Da Nang Police also advise people to increase vigilance and carefully verify information in cases that need help.

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