Huyen and Tuan were prosecuted and detained after helping three Chinese citizens stay in Vietnam illegally to find locations for their fraudulent activities.
Lao Cai Provincial Police have initiated legal proceedings and temporarily detained three individuals involved in money laundering for an overseas fraud ring, legitimizing nearly 47,8 billion VND through USDT.
After investing all her savings in a 250 million VND timeshare contract, the retired teacher was further enticed to sign up for an additional service package.
Ho Chi Minh City police have uncovered numerous criminal gangs of foreigners carrying out online fraud, with their "operations" based in the city.
With a well-planned scheme, the "vacation ownership" scam lured thousands of people into participating, defrauding them of approximately 2.700 billion VND.
Hanoi City Police said that if the person who purchased the vacation package has passed away, the victim's relatives can report the incident to be considered for a refund of the stolen money.
A scam operating under the guise of a healthcare center in Beijing defrauded elderly people of more than $4,5 million (approximately 120 billion VND) through a sophisticated "detoxification" scheme.
According to the Director of Hanoi Police, there are approximately 17.000 timeshare contracts, and so far only nearly 500 victims have been identified, with many more yet to come forward.
The investigation team is verifying whether or not there was complicity from individuals in positions of power and authority in the holiday scam; if violations are found, they will be dealt with severely.
According to Hanoi police, the perpetrators of the holiday scam range in age from 20 to 40, and notably, one individual is only 26 years old and works as a company director.
From 2023 to 2025, these groups established 27 companies to sell, broker, and transfer vacation rental contracts.
Initially, Hanoi police estimated that the amount of money involved in the tourism fraud case was over 2.700 billion VND.
Hanoi police held a press conference on the morning of June 19th to provide information about a case involving the misappropriation of assets through the buying and selling of tourist vacation packages.
One of the five emerging criminal methods identified by the Ministry of Public Security is the exploitation of new business models for fraudulent purposes, such as the vacation ownership contract model.
At the police station, the statements of the leaders and employees in the "vacation ownership" scheme revealed many sophisticated fraudulent tactics that trapped many people.
At the police station, the statements of the leaders and employees in the "vacation ownership" scheme revealed many sophisticated fraudulent tactics employed by this network.
There have been cases where vacation contracts were worth 200 million VND, but customers were promised that after renting or reselling, they could earn 1 billion VND, 2,8 billion VND, or even 10 billion VND.
Regarding the recent controversy surrounding "holiday contracts," Hanoi police have initiated legal proceedings in 21 cases involving 187 defendants to investigate the crime of fraud and appropriation of property.
According to the Ministry of Public Security, fraudsters often make attractive advertisements such as five-star, luxurious vacations, promising victims easy resale or profit.
Following a series of transnational fraud rings renting hotels as their headquarters, lawyers have highlighted the cases in which accommodation owners may face legal liability.
A group of suspects rented an apartment in Hanoi to livestream the sale of scratch-off lottery tickets, staging a scam involving multi-billion VND prizes to defraud thousands of people, appropriating over 600 million VND.
Authorities have identified Wang Xiang Sheng (residing in Fujian Province, China) as the ringleader of the transnational fraud ring recently dismantled in Lao Cai.
The Song Hong View Hotel in Lao Cai was turned into a base for a transnational fraud operation targeting fellow Chinese nationals by a group of 19 Chinese individuals.
Lao Cai Provincial Police raided the Song Hong View Hotel, arresting 19 Chinese nationals along with numerous pieces of equipment used in transnational fraud operations.
The 15 people who have just been charged have been identified by the police as having colluded with online gambling and fraud rings operating in the Philippines and Cambodia.
The den of the fraud ring included the purchase and installation of computers, telephones, internet broadcasting equipment, tables, chairs, and bunk beds for communal living.
Taking advantage of the guise of a "land registration office official," the suspect provided numerous false pieces of information, thereby receiving money from many people and embezzling over 10 billion VND.
Ms. Nguyen Thanh Hai requested clarification regarding businesses suspected of fraudulent "holiday contracts" targeting the elderly, and urged a widespread warning to alert the public.
Despite not meeting the requirements for fundraising and not being authorized by the investor to do so, Oanh still provided false information, such as claiming the project had completed all legal procedures.
Trusting his older brother, the younger sibling sent nearly $20.000 and 10 gold bars for safekeeping, unaware that the money would be used to buy land, build a house, and register it in his brother's name.
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