Why have so many people received “wanted warrants” by text message lately?
Recently, many people have reported receiving messages with the content “Wanted Order”. The content of this message clearly states the time of the decision and the wanted behavior.
Lieutenant General Tran Ngoc Ha, Director of the Criminal Police Department of the Ministry of Public Security warned about the situation that many users received messages with the content “wanted warrants”.
Answer VietNamNet Regarding the above content, Lieutenant General Tran Ngoc Ha on the morning of March 18 affirmed: “The investigative agency does not send arrest warrants to individuals, but broadcasts them on mass media such as television and radio. state-owned official radio and newspapers…”.
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| A message with the content “wanted warrant” |
Lieutenant General Ha said, Article 231 of the Criminal Procedure Code regulates wanted: When the accused is hiding or does not know where he is, the investigating agency must issue a wanted decision.
The Ministry of Public Security, the Ministry of Justice, the Supreme People’s Procuracy, and the Supreme People’s Court also have Joint Circular No. 13/2012 guiding the implementation of a number of provisions of the Criminal Procedure Code and the Law on Execution. wanted criminal judgment as well as according to the provisions of Circular 39 stipulating the wanted work of the People’s Police, the wanted decision is a criminal procedure document issued by a competent agency according to the form set by the Ministry of Public Security. (The wanted order issued by the competent authority is still valid).
The wanted decision must have a number of main contents such as: Time and place of issuing the wanted decision; agency, full name and position of the decision maker; wanted grounds; information on reasons, identification, and photos of wanted subjects; crimes are prosecuted or prosecuted; address and phone number of the agency that issued the wanted decision.
The leader of the Criminal Police Department said that the messages with the above “wanted warrant” content are one of the variations of the debt collectors. In this regard, the Ministry of Public Security has also warned about the methods and tricks of the subjects to warn people.
According to lawyer Nguyen Thanh Hai (Hanoi Bar Association) recently, many people are confused when they receive a message with the content of a wanted warrant, asking to voluntarily present themselves and if they don’t do it, they will be punished. transferred to debt collection companies for rent, searched and handled. Such fraudulent and forged tricks to appropriate property affect the reputation of state agencies, cause information disturbance, and adversely affect the situation of security and social order. Lawyer Hai informed that, when these violations are discovered and investigated, they can be considered and handled strictly in accordance with the law. Specifically, this is the first act of impersonating an investigative agency or another competent authority for the purpose of appropriating property. For this act, depending on the amount of money that these objects appropriate from the victim, if not enough to constitute a crime, they will be administratively handled. “According to point c, clause 1, point b, clause 2, article 15 of Decree 144/2021/ND-CP: A fine of between 2 and 3 million dong for acts of using deceitful tricks to appropriate property; a fine from 3 – 5 million dong for acts of using tricks or creating circumstances to force others to give money and property,” Mr. Hai cited. In addition, according to Mr. Hai, if there are enough elements to constitute the crime, the person who pretends to be an investigation agency or other competent agency for the purpose of appropriating property may be examined for penal liability. with the crime of fraudulent appropriation of property specified in Article 174 of the Penal Code. The maximum penalty for this crime is up to life in prison. Specifically, committing the crime in one of the following circumstances, the offenders shall be sentenced to between 12 and 20 years of imprisonment or life imprisonment: Appropriating property worth 500 million VND or more. In addition, offenders may also be subject to a fine of between VND 10 and 100 million, a ban from holding certain posts, practicing certain professions or doing certain jobs for 1 to 5 years, or having part or all of their property confiscated. |
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