On 14/3, Da Nang City Police's Economic Police Department initiated criminal proceedings for a case of illegal trading of invoices and state budget collection documents, detaining Tran Van Hieu, 42, and Le Xuan Loi, 24, both residents of Hai Chau ward.

Tran Van Hieu (gray jacket) and Le Xuan Loi (black jacket) listen as the indictment and arrest warrant are read. *Photo: Tu Anh*

According to investigators, Hieu established dozens of business households with general wholesale business lines. He used his and his relatives' citizen identification cards for registration, then registered to use electronic invoices to issue fake invoices to organizations and individuals needing to legitimize expenses.

When customers needed invoices, they contacted Hieu via phone or Zalo, providing buyer information, goods description, and the value to be issued. Hieu then instructed Loi to access the electronic invoice system, input the data, issue the invoice, and send it to the customer.

To legitimize the cash flow, Hieu required customers to transfer money to accounts registered under the established business households. After receiving the money, Hieu withdrew the cash or transferred it back to the customer, retaining a portion as the invoice selling fee.

Investigators determined that from 2023 to present, this ring issued hundreds of thousands of invoices with a total value exceeding 2,000 billion dong, illegally profiting tens of billions of dong.

Da Nang City Police is expanding the investigation to clarify the organizations and individuals who purchased these invoices.

Ngoc Truong