Through Bankland Group and Cawiho company, Vu Duc Tinh allegedly self-issued 13,000 virtual shares, defrauding 530 investors and appropriating over 32 billion dong.
Feigning wealth and leveraging his charming appearance, Giovanni Vigliotto proposed on the first date, swindling his wives of their fortunes and successfully evading capture until his 105th wife tracked him down.
Nguyen Van Dung faces charges for allegedly using a TikTok account with over 120,000 followers, claiming to be a 'master' who resolves 'oan gia trai chu' (karmic debts) or 'am binh quay pha' (disturbances by malevolent spirits) to defraud people.
Le Van Mot denies his role in the alleged fraud, but victims insist all transactions originated from him, leaving many "unclear aspects" regarding the nearly 68 billion VND in funds.
Le Huu Hieu, 31, posed as a rice trader to fund gambling in Cambodia, deceiving a warehouse owner into selling rice at a high price before reselling it cheaply to mills.
At court, Le Van Mot, former police chief of Phu Quoc City, refuted accusations of colluding with his "adopted sister" Nguyen Thi Hang to defraud multiple individuals of nearly 68 billion dong.
Kelly Kershaw, a 54-year-old bank teller, embezzled thousands of British pounds from elderly clients to fund a lavish lifestyle, but her crimes were uncovered by colleagues through photos posted on Facebook.
Nguyen Duc Quyen, 25, is accused of buying a social media account with a large following, impersonating a "co dong" to appropriate money from clients through horoscope services.
Five months after the initiation of an investigation, police have identified the individual who built 48 houses on another's land for sale as showing signs of fraud.
Operating as a clandestine enterprise, a transnational scam group defrauded over 5,000 Vietnamese individuals of more than 15 billion VND within 20 days.
Phan Thi Kim Luyen used online photos of patients and altered her voice to convince victims of an urgent need for loans, ultimately defrauding them of 2,8 billion dong.
Posing as a landlord offering cheap rooms in online groups, Dinh Van Kiem demanded deposits from student and worker tenants before absconding with the money.
Tran Tan Hoang, owner of VAMC auction company, was identified for falsely claiming authorization from enforcement agencies to auction multiple assets, defrauding one individual of over 52 billion VND.
Many families paid for Robert Bush's cremation services but received the ashes of strangers, while the bodies of their deceased relatives were left piled up in refrigerators.
Nguyen Ngoc Huy, 47, is accused of exploiting a romantic relationship with an old classmate and creating a business scheme to defraud her of 1,6 billion VND.