Le Tran Trung Tin, 28, is accused of demanding nude photos from women as collateral for high-interest loans, threatening to publish them online if they failed to repay.
Despite additional restitution payments, Tran Van Chau and Ho Quoc Hung, the masterminds behind an extortion scheme targeting over 170,000 people, have had their appeals denied.
Following a series of online kidnappings targeting students across Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City police have formed a specialized unit to swiftly investigate and address these crimes.
Tran Hong Tien and 44 employees received prison sentences for debt collection practices that involved death threats, manipulated obscene images, and psychological harassment of borrowers and their families.
Dozens of members of a criminal organization based in Cambodia have been arrested for allegedly extorting nearly 300 billion VND by manipulating images of businesspeople and officials into explicit videos.
Nguyen Huu Thua, 33, secretly filmed himself having sex with a coworker after taking her to a motel while she was intoxicated. He then blackmailed her for sex and money.
Nguyen Thi Hanh, 67, known as Hanh "Su", a former associate of the infamous gangster Nam Cam, was arrested for allegedly extorting money after a failed property deal.
