20-year-old Phan Cong Kin pretended to buy a lottery ticket from an 83-year-old woman before snatching her 5-tael gold necklace and fleeing. He was apprehended two hours later.
Nguyen Thi Cam Thu, a former chief administrative judge, has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for soliciting a 2.5 billion VND bribe in exchange for favorable rulings in two land dispute cases.
Vu Thi Thu Nhung, a former deputy director of Eximbank Ba Dinh, allegedly used a high-interest savings scheme to defraud 100 people of over 2.7 trillion VND.
Rodney McWeay was convicted of causing the death of his 4-year-old daughter after abducting her from her mother, withholding food and water, and abusing his two other children.
Nguyen Thi Cam Hong fabricated real estate projects lacking legal permits, then signed land and kiosk transfer contracts with almost 1,000 people, misappropriating over 486 billion VND.
Le Nam, a former official at the supreme people's court, allegedly promised to "expedite a lawsuit" for 26 billion VND, with 20 billion delivered in two cardboard boxes, prosecutors say.
Jessica Rehfeld disappeared in May 2015. A year later, police found the young woman's body in the woods and uncovered a plot orchestrated by her vengeful ex-boyfriend.
Two individuals who regularly loitered outside the National Hospital of Obstetrics and Gynecology, enticing patients to Nguyen Thu Huong's clinic, have been detained. They received 10% of the patients' total bills.
A 65-year-old woman in Ho Chi Minh City claimed to have been tied up and robbed of 300 million VND, but police discovered she fabricated the incident to avoid creditors.
Nguyen Ba Truong, director of Hoanh Bo Forestry Company, and two subordinates were arrested for directing the illegal logging of over 2.5 hectares of natural forest.
Arrested after 6 hours on the run, 20-year-old Hoang Thanh Cong confessed to murdering a ride-hailing driver and stealing his motorbike, which he sold for 4 million VND to pay off gaming debts.
Sanjai Syamaprasad is accused of placing hidden cameras in 9 restrooms, secretly recording approximately 13,000 patients and staff, leading to multiple lawsuits against the hospital.
Both the seller and buyer need a level 2 VNeID (Vietnamese National Electronic Identification) account to transfer vehicle ownership on the Ministry of Public Security service portal.