On the morning of November 14th, during the premiere of the film “Tường lửa Tràng An – Chuyên án Cạm bẫy số,” Lieutenant General Nguyễn Thanh Tùng, Director of Hanoi Police Department, highlighted the remarkable achievements of the capital’s police force. Among these was the collaboration with the Philippine police to apprehend a key figure in the Mr Pips case.
Hanoi Police are currently reporting to the Ministry of Public Security to expedite the extradition process of Lê Khắc Ngọ and another suspect back to Vietnam.
Investigative authorities have prosecuted 48 individuals and seized assets worth over 5,300 billion VND.
This marks the first time Vietnam has successfully dismantled a transnational high-tech fraud ring in its entirety. Lieutenant General Nguyễn Thanh Tùng noted that this accomplishment has been highly regarded internationally, as many countries have struggled to investigate and arrest perpetrators of such sophisticated global fraud schemes.
Lieutenant General Nguyễn Thanh Tùng, Director of Hanoi Police Department, speaks at the film premiere press conference.
At the Q3/2025 police work results press conference held by the Ministry of Public Security on October 6th, Colonel Nguyễn Đức Long, Deputy Director of Hanoi Police, provided further details on the investigation into the foreign exchange fraud case led by TikToker Phó Đức Nam (aka Mr Pips, 30, from Vũng Tàu, now Ho Chi Minh City) and Lê Khắc Ngọ (aka Mr.Hunter, from Hanoi).
Hanoi Police also seized 69 billion VND in cash, 2.3 million USD, 890 SJC gold bars, 246 kg of gold ingots, 156 billion VND in bank accounts, and 41 luxury vehicles.
Most recently, on September 24th, Hanoi Police confiscated an additional Volvo XC 90 vehicle, 59 luxury watches, various gold jewelry and designer handbags, and suspended transactions on 133 real estate properties. Colonel Long stated that the total seized assets now amount to approximately 5,215 billion VND.
Additionally, Hanoi Police uncovered that Phó Đức Nam transferred approximately 5 billion VND to a Singaporean bank. They are collaborating with Interpol Singapore to freeze and seize these funds.
Regarding Nam’s overseas assets, Colonel Long revealed that Nam has approximately 1.5 million USD in bank accounts under relatives’ names in Singapore, Cambodia, Australia, and other countries.
In terms of real estate, Nam owns two apartments worth 800,000 USD in Cambodia, one apartment valued at 600,000 USD in Dubai, one apartment worth 300,000 USD in Australia, and one apartment valued at 400,000 USD in Turkey.
As for vehicles, Nam possesses two Lexus cars totaling 400,000 USD and one Range Rover Defender worth 100,000 USD in Cambodia, as well as two Rolls-Royce vehicles valued at 700,000 USD in Dubai.
Hanoi Police are working with the Investigation Agency of the Ministry of Public Security and Interpol to verify and recover Nam’s assets in accordance with regulations.
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