The scammers involved in the case. (Source: Bac Ninh Public Security)
The Cyber Security and High-Tech Crime Investigation Department of Bac Ninh Provincial Public Security said it has successfully broken a case, deciding to prosecute and arrest a group of four individuals from Nghe An and Thanh Hoa provinces for “fraudulently appropriating property” by illegally accessing Binance users’ accounts.
According to Bac Ninh Public Security, through situation awareness and proactive deployment of measures, the Department of Cyber Security and Prevention of High-Tech Crime has detected the account “HOANG_COIN_247” with signs of fraud and illegal access to users’ accounts on the Binance application to appropriate assets. The investigation agency has identified four individuals.
The mastermind is Nguyen Duc Hung, 25, from Nghia Dan district, Nghe An province. Initially, the investigation agency clarified that Nguyen Duc Hung learned how to illegally access users’ accounts on the Binance.com cryptocurrency exchange on social media. He then purchased Binance accounts and associated them with phone numbers (disposable SIM cards) for communication and linked them to bank accounts (not in his name) for payment purposes. After finalizing these accounts, Hung’s group accessed the website Binance.com, placed orders to buy a certain amount of cryptocurrency (USDT), and quickly offered them for sale on the exchange at a low price to attract buyers.
When someone bought the USDT offered by Hung, he sent a message not confirming the transaction code to make the buyer think that the transaction had failed. He then asked the buyer to scan a QR code provided by Hung to manually install the USDT transfer order. When the buyer clicked on the QR code, Hung’s group immediately took control of the account, withdrew all the cryptocurrency from the wallet, and placed an order to sell all the USDT.
Hoang Dinh Tai, 27, from Nghia Dan, Nguyen Phung Hoang, 22, from Thanh Chuong district, Nghe An province, and Nguyen Anh Tuan, 26, from Nhu Xuan district, Thanh Hoa province, were complicit in this scheme.
From the beginning of 2024 until now, using this scheme, the individuals initially admitted to having successfully appropriated about VND 10 billion in more than 50 cases, with victims from many provinces and cities nationwide, including one victim in Bac Ninh province. The appropriated money was used for car deposits, game credits, and personal expenses.
The investigation agency seized six mobile phones, four laptops, three USB flash drives, VND 130,000,000 in cash, and 37 bank accounts of various types. They also froze one bank account and temporarily halted a car purchase transaction totaling more than VND 1 billion.
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