Asked by an acquaintance to influence a court case, Ngo Quang Tu dined with a judge who said he couldn't help. Tu then proceeded to defraud the acquaintance of 2.8 billion VND.
Anthony Sierra, 24, tricked a school into believing he was 16 to gain admission and deceived a family into taking him in to avoid deportation to Venezuela.
Three mining companies in Da Nang underreported or falsified thousands of cubic meters of stone extraction to evade fees and taxes, according to an audit report.
Nguyen Huu Minh, 27, lied about investing in an AI project with prominent tech figures to borrow 5.4 billion dong from his uncle, then misappropriated the funds.
After rescuing a young woman from an online kidnapping scheme, Nguyen Hong Manh, deputy police chief of Xuan Lap ward, received threats from a group impersonating police officers, saying they would report him and have him removed from his position.
Simon Leviev, the subject of the hit Netflix documentary 'The Tinder Swindler', was arrested for allegedly stealing over 52,000 USD from a woman in Berlin.
Le Tran Son, 40, falsely claimed connections with banks to offer cash withdrawal and credit card extension services, defrauding a woman of billions of Vietnamese dong.
Michael James Pratt lured victims with fake modeling jobs, used "shills" to persuade them to go to hotels, then tricked and coerced them into filming pornographic videos.
The court rejected the appeal, confirming evidence that Le Thi My Chau gave 7 billion VND to singer Le Quoc Khang to bribe officials for the release of an acquaintance.
Phan Nhu Anh Quoc, a former bank employee, allegedly defrauded multiple individuals by claiming he needed money for loan rollovers, but instead used the funds for personal debts.
