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On 28th February, the Investigative Agency of Tan Phu District Police, Ho Chi Minh City, announced that they have just initiated a criminal case against Nguyen Tam Duy (born in 1983, residing in Tan Binh District) for the offense of “Unlawful appropriation of property”.
According to the police agency, Duy went to a bank on Tay Thanh Street (Tay Thanh Ward, Tan Phu District) to deposit VND 1.5 million into his account. However, due to an error in the accounting process, the bank staff mistakenly recorded the deposit amount as VND 1.5 billion, instead of VND 1.5 million.
After completing the transaction, Duy left the bank without knowing that his account unexpectedly increased by VND 1.5 billion. Upon returning home, Duy checked his bank account and found an unusual increase in his account balance. Instead of contacting the bank to return the money, Duy transferred VND 50 million to his friend, asking him to withdraw and hold it for him.
Shortly after, the bank also discovered the error in recording Duy’s deposit amount and proceeded with the necessary procedures to cancel the transaction. However, the bank was only able to recover VND 1.45 billion. The remaining amount was illegally appropriated by Duy.
Although the bank invited Nguyen Tam Duy to work with them and explain the incident, Duy did not cooperate, refuse to sign any document, and did not return the unlawfully appropriated money to the bank before leaving. Despite Duy knowing and acknowledging that the VND 50 million is the legitimate property of the bank, due to difficult family circumstances and the need for money to spend, Duy succumbed to greed and intentionally kept the money for his own use, refusing to return it to the bank.
Afterwards, Duy gave his friend VND 5 million and continued to keep and use the remaining amount. Despite multiple requests, Duy refused to return the VND 50 million unlawfully appropriated. As a result, the bank filed a report to the police. The competent authorities initiated an investigation, prosecuted and arrested Nguyen Tam Duy for serious handling according to legal regulations.
In the past, there have been many similar cases and the violators have been prosecuted according to legal regulations.
Recently, the Trang Bang Town Police (Tay Ninh Province) initiated a criminal case and arrested Nguyen Thi Ngoc Hieu (21 years old) to investigate the act of unlawfully appropriating someone else’s property.
Two months ago, Ms. N.T.H.N (39 years old, residing in Ho Chi Minh City) transferred VND 200,000 to Hieu, but due to an error, she mistakenly transferred VND 200 million.
Upon discovering the mistake, Ms. N.T.H.N tried to contact Hieu to inform her about the wrongly transferred amount and request her to return it, but was unable to reach her. Following that, Ms. N.T.H.N went to the bank for assistance, but no results were obtained.
Hoping for a solution, the woman sent a letter to the Trang Bang Town Police to request assistance in verifying and retrieving the above-mentioned amount. During the working session with the authorities, Hieu admitted to receiving the mistakenly transferred amount of VND 200 million from Mrs. N.
Subsequently, Hieu voluntarily handed over VND 30 million to return it to the woman. However, despite the repeated requests from the police to return the remaining amount, Hieu deliberately refused to do so.
In October 2022, the Hai Phong City Police initiated criminal cases, arrested Pham Van Manh (31 years old, residing in Hai Phong City), and three others for investigation into the act of unlawfully appropriating someone else’s property.
Previously, Ms. D.T.H (46 years old) transferred VND 500 million to a relative’s bank account, but mistakenly transferred the money to Manh’s account.
Ms. H. contacted the bank for assistance. Following the instructions, she transferred an additional VND 10,000 to Manh’s account, with a notification stating the wrong transfer and requesting contact for resolution.
However, instead of returning the money, Manh discussed with others and embezzled the wrongfully transferred amount from Ms. H. by transferring all this money to various accounts.
Despite repeated attempts to contact Manh and request the return of the money, Ms. H. reported the incident to the police.
On 6th May 2022, the People’s Court of Ham Tan District (Binh Thuan Province) sentenced Do Thi N. (born in 1996) to 6 months in prison for the offense of unlawfully appropriating property, but she was given a suspended sentence.
Ms. Nguyen Thi T is an accountant of Company R. and had a transaction to purchase Dragon Fruit from Mr. N and his wife. On the morning of 29th June 2021, Ms. T transferred nearly VND 42 million from her account to the customer’s account to repay her personal debt.
However, during the transaction process, Ms. T mistakenly transferred the money to N’s account. Despite contacting N, he stubbornly refused to return the money, thus Ms. T reported it to the police.
