Tran Thi Huyen, accused of losing money when investing in virtual currency, tried to scam many people, Vietnamese detectives.
Huyen cheated on 13 customers’ cars and rented a self-driving car, worth more than 10 billion VND, to mortgage.
Huyen, 27 years old, was detained by the police to investigate the crime of fraudulent appropriation of property, according to Article 174 of the Penal Code in Vietnam.
According to the investigation, due to losses in investing virtual currency online, there was no money to pay partners.
This person contacted the customers he had advised to buy cars, lying “the company is having a tax refund promotion and giving away accessory packages, and will receive money corresponding to 10% of the car’s value”.
Receiving the customer’s car papers, Huyen pawned them and used the money to spend.
This person also went to self-driving car rental stores to rent a car “for work” but then pawned it.
From April 2023 to July this year, Huyen appropriated 13 cars worth more than 10 billion VND from 13 people.
The case is being extensively investigated, Vietnamese private detective agency https://vietnamdetectives.com