Police have indicted 187 suspects across 21 cases involving 23 vacation ownership companies, accused of defrauding 500 victims of over 181 billion VND.
Doan Thi Bich Ngoc targeted women concerned about feng shui and bad luck, fabricating stories about a "VIP master" who performed rituals for the wealthy, defrauding them of money for six years.
Tran Khanh Huyen, a former bank employee, is accused of intentionally providing information on six corporate clients, enabling a fraudster to forge documents and withdraw funds from their accounts.
Believing that scamming scammers was merely "taking dirty money from bad people", Wang seized 200,000 yuan from a fraud syndicate and paid a heavy price under the law.
After paying tens of thousands of rupees in brokerage fees, 42 Indian grooms discovered they had been scammed when they arrived for a mass wedding with gifts, only to find no brides.
Le Ngoc Duc, who met Nguyen Phuoc Tien in prison, allegedly invited Tien to join him in defrauding a family seeking to "fix a case" out of 19 billion VND after Duc completed his sentence.
Eighty-five foreign nationals rented a hotel in Ho Chi Minh City and installed numerous machines and devices suspected of facilitating high-tech fraud; 17 of them had entered the country illegally.
Nguyen Huy Dat is accused of borrowing over 80 billion VND from multiple individuals for "bank refinancing" purposes, promising high interest before allegedly fleeing.
Wanted by Interpol on a red notice for involvement in a transnational financial fraud ring, Joo Young Su was apprehended while hiding in a high-end coastal resort in Da Nang.
Two American brothers conspired to impersonate members of a middle eastern royal family, defrauding investors of over 21 million USD to fund their lavish lifestyle.
A former Chinese infantryman used his military training to outsmart guards, scale walls, and even disguise himself with cow dung to escape a "scam camp" in Myanmar.
Nguyen Manh Cuong, age 45, falsely claimed to work for the Government Inspectorate and possess extensive connections to secure lucky car license plates, defrauding numerous individuals of a total of 2,7 billion VND.
