Breaking the line to buy and sell 3,000 bank accounts for gambling transactions

Today (June 2), the police of Nghia Dan district (Nghe An) coordinated with related units to successfully crack the project “Collecting, storing, exchanging, buying and selling, illegally publicizing information about bank accounts” in many provinces and cities across the country.

Before that, around August 2021, Nghia Dan district police discovered that Bui Van Nhat (SN 1995), residing in Nghia Yen commune, Nghia Dan district, showed signs of collecting bank accounts of people in the area. discussed Nghe An, Phu Tho, Thanh Hoa, Hanoi and some other provinces and cities with many questionable expressions.

During the verification, the police determined that Japan was one of the links of a line specializing in renting and buying back bank accounts of people across the country. After that, it was transferred to overseas subjects to use for gambling purposes led by Le The Trung (SN 1985), residing in Cau Giay district, Hanoi city.

An effective assistant for Trung in this line, besides Japan, there are 2 subjects living in Thanh Hoa province, Le Van Ha (SN 1992), residing in Dong Son district, and Le Trung Kien (SN 1990), residing in District 2. Quang Xuong.

To run the line, Trung established Cuu Chau Co., Ltd., located in Tan Lap district, Phu Tho province with the name of doing business in the field of construction. In fact, Trung uses this company to transact with unidentified foreigners who want to rent and buy back bank accounts.

The daily tasks of Trung and other links are recruiting subordinates, constantly searching and contacting people in many provinces and cities to buy and lease back bank accounts.

Trung directly receives money from abroad, then pays the staff and the rental account holders.

Worth mentioning, the bank statements show that the transaction amount of these rental or resale accounts from opening to closing is very large. Average over 50 billion VND/account, especially there are trading accounts over 400 billion VND.

After a period of monitoring, on May 16, 6 working groups with 80 officers and soldiers of Nghia Dan District Police, Department of Cybersecurity and High-tech Crime Prevention and Control, Nghe An Provincial Police Department dong series of arrests and searches of the residences and working places of 6 subjects in many provinces.

The exhibits seized by the police include: 20 mobile phones, 8 laptops, 3 cars, more than 1,500 embryos of phone sim cards, 650 bank cards of all kinds and other exhibits. At the same time, blockade more than 1,200 bank accounts related to the subjects in the project.

Expanding the investigation, on May 30, Nghia Dan District Police coordinated with related units, arresting a total of 10 subjects in the above-mentioned line.

Initially, at the agency investigating the confessed subjects, from 2020 to early 2022, this group purchased, rented and borrowed accounts of more than 600 people in many provinces and cities with about 3,000 bank accounts. .

According to the police, at the time the subjects were arrested, there were still 633 active accounts.

Currently, the project is still under investigation.

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