Hoa Huu Long (third, right) and his accomplices (Source: tuoitre.vn)Hanoi (VNA) –The Hanoi Police onJune 21 announced results of the preliminary investigation into a caseinvolving a ring pretending to be military officers to swindle and appropriate otherpeople’s assets.
According to Colonel Nguyen Anh Tuan,Deputy Director of the municipal police, investigation into the case began as aresult of information sharing between the military security agency and HanoiPolice and letters of denunciation filed by a number of citizens reporting agroup of persons faking the Defence Ministry’s decisions on the establishmentof a so called Dong Duong Group to swindle assets.
On April 14 this year, the Hanoi police initiatedlegal action into the case, prosecuted and detained five defendants on thecharge of swindling to appropriate other people’s assets.
The five defendants are Hoa Huu Long, bornin 1964, Nguyen Minh Son (47 years old), Mac Phuc Hai (54), Cao Thi Kim Loan(Long’s wife, 48) and Phung Thi Thanh Hue (40). They all reside in Hanoi.
According to the initial investigationresults, Long and his accomplices used faked decisions of the Defence Ministry tomake their target victims believe that the ministry is establishing Dong DuongGroup, and promise to help them get a job in the group.
The ring had received tens of billions ofVietnam dong from about 1,000 job seekers across the country. They also gotmoney from businesses which wanted to be contractors of Dong Duong group’sprojects.
The Hanoi Police coordinated with relevantagencies of the Defence Ministry to confirm that the ministry has no plan toestablish such a group.
Long, a graduate of the National Universityof Civil Engineering, does not work in the arm forces. However, he claimed himselfas a major general who held several important positions in the Defence Ministryin order to swindle.
Further investigation into the case isunderway.-VNA
VNA
