According to the image posted on the Government electronic newspaper, a victim received a message with the content: “Wanted Order: Based on the collected documents, on March 9, 2022, the investigating police agency officially wanted him/her and his accomplices for fraud, collusion, appropriation of property. Within the next 48 hours, the subject who does not voluntarily present will proceed to transfer the loan to the debt collection company.
In addition to receiving wanted warrants via text message, there are cases where people also receive a phone call from someone claiming to be “police”, informing that they “may be prosecuted”.
In October 2021, a woman living in Kim Giang ward, Thanh Xuan district, Hanoi received a phone call from a stranger claiming to be the police, saying that she was investigating an illegal drug trafficking ring. , she was identified as a related person.
This victim was then repeatedly threatened by the subject to be prosecuted and detained for investigation. Terrified, she followed all instructions, transferred money to the object pretending to be…
Do not send wanted warrants over the phone
Before the above information, talking to the press, Dr. Dao Trung Hieu (Criminology Specialist, Ministry of Public Security) confirmed, the police agency did not send wanted warrants by text messages to people. This is an impersonation scam that people need to be wary of, to avoid being taken advantage of by crooks to cheat and appropriate property.
Dr. Dao Trung Hieu – Criminology Specialist. Photo: NVCC
“Recently, many people suddenly received phone messages with the message of the “wanting order” from the police. The text of the message also clearly stated the wanted behavior. When receiving the above-mentioned content messages, many people are confused because they have not been equipped with the necessary legal knowledge, creating conditions for criminals to commit crimes,” said expert Dao. Trung Hieu said.
Analyzing fraud tricks, he thinks that bad guys will give fake information to scare people. If the victim believes, they will lure, ask to transfer money to run the case, to verify … or perform other illegal acts.
Statistics from the Criminal Investigation Department of Social Order, Ministry of Public Security, show that from May 2020 to May 2021, there have been nearly 2,500 cases of fraud in cyberspace, including 527. object impersonating a judicial agency to defraud and appropriate people’s property. The object’s fraudulent tricks are not new, but the method is very sophisticated, causing many people to fall into the trap.
The wanted notice must be sent directly from the police agency
According to lawyer Nguyen Duc Hung, TGS Law Firm, the arrest warrant will be sent to the police or publicly posted on the portal of the Ministry of Public Security or the police of the province/city.
Wanted posts on the Portal have full information about the case (location, time of occurrence, related exhibits) and information about the wanted object, along with the phone number of the receiving officer. records management.
Wanted warrant of the police agency, posted on the official portal.
“The law has absolutely no provision to send wanted warrants via text messages. People need to be alert and vigilant to avoid being taken advantage of by crooks to cheat.”
According to lawyer Hung, the sending of notices of wanted decisions is prescribed in Article 6 of the Joint Circular 13/2012 guiding the provisions of the Criminal Procedure Code and the Law on Criminal Judgment Execution on wanted wanted, issued by the Ministry of Justice. Public Security – Ministry of Justice – Supreme People’s Procuracy – Supreme People’s Court issued.
Specifically, the wanted decision must be sent to the following addresses: Police of communes, wards, townships, and district-level police offices where the wanted person is registered for permanent residence, temporary residence, place of residence and hometown of the wanted person; Provincial police where the wanted person is likely to hide or send to all police departments of provinces and centrally run cities.
The wanted decision shall be announced on the mass media so that all agencies, organizations and individuals know, detect and arrest the wanted object.
“When receiving a wanted warrant on the phone, people need to be vigilant. In particular, do not provide personal information, phone numbers, home addresses … to any object. People should not listen to the subjects who transfer money to designated accounts.
The police force, the Procuracy and the Court, if working with people, will have invitations and summons sent to that person and work directly at the agency’s headquarters, not online.” Master Hung said.
Regarding sanctions, if anyone pretends to be a police wanted warrant for the purpose of appropriating property, depending on the severity, they will be administratively or criminally handled.
Administrative sanctions are applied to acts of impersonating a police officer to appropriate an amount under VND 2,000,000.
For acts of a higher nature, they will be handled according to criminal sanctions. Specifically, those who impersonate the police to appropriate other people’s property valued at between VND 2 million and under VND 50 million, or under VND 2 million but commit fraud, will be subject to non-custodial reform for up to 3 years. or imprisonment from 6 months to 3 years.
In case the offender appropriates property valued from 50 million VND to under 200 million VND, he will be sentenced to between 2 years and 7 years of imprisonment.
If the appropriated property is worth between VND 200 million and under VND 500 million, the violator will be sentenced to between 7 and 15 years of imprisonment. Where the appropriated property is worth more than 500 million VND, the fraudster will be sentenced to between 12 and 20 years of imprisonment or life imprisonment.
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