A group of Vietnamese youth runs a fraud line from Laos

On September 7, the Police Investigation Agency of Phu Tho Provincial Police announced that it had prosecuted Dang Ngoc Thach, 34 years old, Hoang Van Nha, Hoang Tuan Vu, 22 years old, Hoang Quoc Cuong, 25 years old, Hoang Thi Bich Ngoc, 25 years old and Truong Viet Nguyen, 22 years old, to investigate the crime of fraudulent appropriation of property.

According to the police, Thach and Nguyen are the two leaders and organizers of the ring. To avoid being detected by the police, they went to Khammuane province, Laos, rented a location, and set up a system. Each person directly manages and operates a separate group and coordinates with each other.

In Laos, this group opened fake Fanpages and Facebook accounts to livestream.

Police determined that "Dai Loc Lottery Ticket 999" and "Kien Thiet Lottery Ticket 86" are two of the Fanpages that regularly organize livestreams selling winning scratch tickets. To lure their prey, they use many social network accounts and unofficial bank accounts to stage prize-winning situations and make fake money transfers.

When livestreaming, this group continuously introduces "combos", "lucky scratch cards", and recruits agents, in order to build trust and attract people to participate. When participants transfer money to buy scratch ticket packages or pay additional money for the reason of receiving rewards, they will not perform as promised and will take over.

This group transferred the money through multiple bank accounts and e-wallets to hide its origin, making verification and tracing difficult. Initially, the police determined that this ring had defrauded billions of dong from hundreds of victims across the country.