Upon learning that Ho Quoc Than and the Deputy General Directors of Trieu Nu Cuoi Company had been indicted, Tran Quang, Ho Huu Tuong, and Bui Lam Binh went into hiding before being arrested in Ho Chi Minh City.
Counterfeit 200.000 VND banknotes have reappeared with increasingly sophisticated methods of circulation, making the ability to distinguish between genuine and counterfeit money an essential skill for people to avoid being scammed.
Three foreigners in Phu Quoc were discovered using 22.000 counterfeit USD bills (in 100 USD denominations) to exchange for Vietnamese currency or purchase goods, defrauding hundreds of millions of dong.
Expanding their investigation into the drug use case, authorities in Quang Nam province discovered the additional crime of possessing counterfeit money.
A group of 14 people have been charged and detained by the Bao Loc City Police (Lam Dong province) for allegedly defrauding people of over 6 billion VND by selling counterfeit money online.
Tran Van Mien headed a counterfeit money production and distribution ring operating from Ho Chi Minh City to Da Nang, dealing in 1.300 counterfeit banknotes with a face value of 500.000 VND (equivalent to 900 million VND).
A young Chinese man was arrested by police after he allegedly used 700.000 yuan (approximately 2,4 billion VND) in counterfeit money to fulfill his fiancée's request to buy an apartment.
Deliberately revealing his wallet containing a stack of 500 VND bills, the man inquired about buying a gold bracelet, then snatched it and fled, throwing away the wallet containing counterfeit money.
Printing counterfeit money that resembles real money can easily lead to people taking advantage of it and exchanging it for something else. Many people wonder if this practice is illegal.
Pháp luật không có quy định cấm làm hoa bằng tiền Việt Nam, tuy nhiên, nếu việc làm này dẫn đến tiền Việt Nam bị hủy hoại thì là hành vi vi phạm pháp luật.
Nguyen Khac Viet and Tran Cam Tu were caught attempting to sell counterfeit money worth over 1 million USD, which had been dyed black with chemicals, at Tan Son Nhat International Airport.
After the Da Nang police dismantled a counterfeit money production and distribution ring worth 1,3 billion VND, Man fled to Ho Chi Minh City and was arrested while undergoing drug rehabilitation.
The Security Investigation Agency of the Da Nang Public Security Department dismantled a counterfeit money production and distribution ring, seizing over 1,5 billion VND along with numerous guns, ammunition, and drugs.
Counterfeit money is not only widely advertised on social media but is also being used in sophisticated ways; fraudsters use large-denomination counterfeit bills to buy goods and then receive real money in return.
The suspect's modus operandi was to buy small-value items at dusk, handing over a counterfeit 500.000 VND note and one small-denomination note, claiming it was to get change to make it a round number.
Công an tỉnh Bắc Giang cho biết, thời gian gần đây, trên thị trường xuất hiện một số loại tiền giả mệnh giá 500.000 đồng, 200.000 đồng, 100.000 đồng và 50.000 đồng.
Vào quán, dùng tiền giả mệnh giá 500.000 đồng mua 2 cái giò với giá 130 nghìn đồng để được nhận lại 370 nghìn đồng tiền thật, cặp vợ chồng ở TP.HCM bị bắt.
During the search of the residence, the police seized counterfeit money, drugs, a hand grenade, numerous weapons, and various machines and equipment used for printing counterfeit money.
Một phụ nữ ở Quảng Đông, Trung Quốc bị tiểu thương trong chợ trói vào cột vì bị bắt quả tang dùng tiền giả mua hàng, clip đang gây tranh cãi trên mạng xã hội.
Nguyen Ngoc Thanh, former store manager of Co.op Food at 556 Nguyen Thi Dinh Street, Thu Duc City, was sentenced to 5 years in prison for swapping counterfeit money for real money at the supermarket.