Nguyen Tai Linh, director of a travel agency, allegedly rented cars from several people "to serve tourists" but then pawned them, misappropriating nearly 2.4 billion VND.
The Ministry of Public Security has proposed that telecommunications, internet, and online service providers be required to provide user information to cybersecurity forces for investigations and legal proceedings.
Posing as an administrator of a Facebook group about traffic laws and safety, Tran Ngoc Binh charged 300,000 VND per day to "protect" drivers violating traffic regulations.
Loc Phuc company employees staged elaborate scenarios, hiring numerous "decoys" posing as land buyers, carrying bags of cash to build trust, leading 165 people into a trap.
A man, surnamed Ji, transferred a large sum of money to his supposed fiancee, despite only meeting her five times in eight years and never seeing her identification.
Vi Van Linh and 4 accomplices posed as attractive women online to defraud a 68-year-old man of over 19 billion VND through a cryptocurrency investment scheme.
Huynh Huu Tuong, 34, confessed that his company paid shills between 500 million and one billion VND to create a crowd effect, defrauding 165 land buyers.
On 15/10/2009, millions of Americans were glued to their televisions, watching a terrifying event unfold: a 6-year-old boy seemingly trapped in a runaway hot air balloon.
Threatened by a group posing as police, a student rented a hotel room and filmed a self-made kidnapping and torture video, complete with simulated electrocution, to send to his family. The criminals demanded a 500 million VND ransom.
Once hailed as a miracle worker, surgeon Paolo Macchiarini’s pioneering work in regenerative medicine turned into a scandal as his deceptions were revealed, leading to patient deaths.
Zhao amassed over 140,000 followers on social media by portraying herself as a successful lawyer at a reputable firm, but she lacked the required legal credentials.