The People's Procuracy of Ho Chi Minh City (VKSND TP HCM) has indicted Nguyen Tuyet Vu Oanh, 45; her mother Vo Thi Le, 71; her sister Nguyen Tuyet Vu Anh, 34; and nine accomplices. They face charges of illegally trading bank account information, money laundering, and illicitly using computer networks, telecommunication networks, and electronic devices to appropriate property.
According to the indictment, Oanh began working as C&B head at Global Company, an online gambling operator based in Cambodia, in september 2020. The company required a large number of bank accounts to manage its gambling transactions.
In april 2021, Oanh connected her sister, Vu Anh, with a company employee named Mia (whose background is unknown) to arrange the rental of bank accounts from many individuals in Vietnam. These accounts were then transferred to Cambodia for Mia's use.
Vu Anh later invited her friend, Tran Ngoc Thao, 33, to help find people and rent bank accounts.
By march 2022, Oanh connected her sister with Minh Khang (whose background is unknown) to further expand the account collection operation. The defendants established a Telegram group to coordinate the rental and use of bank accounts.
For illicit gain, Vu Anh and Tran Ngoc Thao recruited individuals to open bank accounts as requested by Mia and Khang. Each person was instructed to open accounts at multiple banks and was provided with an iPhone sent by the group from Cambodia to Vietnam.
After completing the account opening and internet banking registration, these individuals had to hand over their phones for Vu Anh to transfer to Cambodia for Mia to manage and use. For the accounts sourced by Thao, she received details from Vu Anh and facilitated their handover.
Investigators found that Mia and Khang paid 10-12 million VND for each account opened. However, Vu Anh only passed on 7-8 million VND to the account holders, keeping a profit of 3-5 million VND per case.
Additionally, Mia paid 8 million VND monthly for account rentals, but Vu Anh only transferred 6 million VND to the account holders, retaining 2 million VND.
Prosecutors determined that Vu Anh organized the trading of approximately 2,600 bank accounts, generating over 9 billion VND in illicit profits. Vu Oanh arranged for 85 individuals to open 1,445 bank accounts for rental, earning about 3,3 billion VND.
Vu Anh also involved her mother, Le, in opening accounts to receive funds. From april to december 2021, Le opened 17 bank accounts and brokered for 10 others to open 170 accounts for Vu Anh to rent, profiting 210 million VND.
Subsequently, from march 2022 to 26/12/2024, Le continued to arrange for 70 people to open 1,050 bank accounts for rental, gaining over 3,6 billion VND in illicit profits.
Tran Ngoc Thao was found to have organized 93 people to open 1,598 bank accounts for rental, profiting over 3,2 billion VND.
Several other defendants were identified as having opened dozens of bank accounts for the sisters and other defendants to rent, profiting from tens to hundreds of millions of VND.
Regarding the case, many others were believed to have participated in opening accounts for rent but were not subject to criminal prosecution.
According to the VKSND TP HCM, the buying and selling or renting of bank accounts not only infringes upon financial and banking management but also poses a risk of aiding various other crimes.
Hai Duyen
