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Ho Chi Minh City Hoang Y Nhung, Pham Lich, Á hậu ảnh... were enticed to invest in virtual currency to enjoy high profits but were scammed by 2 exchange owners for tens of thousands of USD.
On June 25th, two owners of the Han Huu Hai cryptocurrency exchange (commonly known as Mr. Henry, CEO of a startup in Vietnam) and Tran Le Pham Trung (also known as Evans Trung Tran, ICO Advisor, General Director of Y - Group) were tried by the People's Court of Ho Chi Minh City for the crime of Using computer networks, telecommunications networks, electronic means to commit acts of appropriating property.
As one of the victims summoned by the court, Tran Thi Hong Nhung (aka Hoang Y Nhung) and many others were absent. Pham Thi Lich (aka Pham Lich), a runner-up and another celebrity did not work with the police during the investigation phase.
During the court procedure, one of the defense lawyers said he had not received the indictment.
After consultation, the panel of judges decided to postpone the trial to July 10.
The indictment states that around 2018, Hai met Trung when they jointly invested in a cryptocurrency exchange. By April 2021, the two planned to set up an online gaming portal for people to participate in.
Hai, through a person named Vinh (in the UK, unknown background), bought two international links Winrich.club and Wintop1.com for 80,000 USD to create links to an online gaming portal for playing Bacarat. He then used two personal wallets on Binace and Trust exchanges to receive USDT cryptocurrency from victims.
Hai is responsible for operating the game portal on the two links, while Trung will use Facebook, Telegram, Zoom to promote and call for people to participate. There are also Leaders (people who joined earlier) and agents (both of unknown origin) who call for many people to participate.
According to the agreement, Vinh and Hai each received 30% of the stolen money; Trung received 15%; Leaders and agents received 25%.
Greed for profit, celebrities lure more victims.
As one of the victims, Ms. Tran Thi Hong Nhung testified to the investigating agency that she participated in investing in the Winrich cryptocurrency exchange with insurance in August 2021 through the introduction of Nguyen Thi Hien (also known as Alice, unknown origin). Hien sent the website link to the female singer via Telegram to create a cryptocurrency trading account and buy USDT to transfer to Winrich's wallet to exchange for Gold coins.
Trung also used Facebook "Evans Justin Jason" to send links for her to join the Zoom room to promote the development of the Winrich exchange.
The female singer then participated in investing many times in the role of Leader with a total amount of nearly 13 billion VND. By the beginning of October 2021, Hai and Trung shut down the exchange and stole all the remaining money in Nhung's wallet.
In addition, Ms. Nhung also introduced her younger brother to invest and earn profits on the Wintop and Winrich exchanges. He spent one billion VND to open 3 accounts, calling for about 10 other people to participate. They had not withdrawn their money when the exchange collapsed.
Similarly, around the beginning of August 2021, Tran Ngoc Linh Chi was introduced by Nguyen Thi Hien to invest in the aforementioned cryptocurrency exchange and promised a weekly profit of 12%, after deducting a 4% insurance fee, the remaining 8%/week. Chi then bought USDT on the Binance exchange with a total amount of 30,000 USD and transferred it to Hien's wallet to exchange for Gold (1USD = 1USDT = 1000 Gold), participating in insurance games at 8:00 PM daily from Monday to Saturday. By the beginning of October 2021, the exchange collapsed and could not be logged in, and the entire amount of 30,000 USD of Ms. Chi was stolen.
However, during the investigation, the Ho Chi Minh City Police repeatedly summoned Chi to take statements, but she did not come to work.
The public prosecutor also determined that, at the same time, Ms. Pham Thi Lich was introduced by Linh Chi to participate in the Winrich exchange. Ms. Lich deposited 10,000 USD and bought 19,000 USDT from another investor, totaling 29,000 USD for investment. However, the female singer had not received any profit when the exchange collapsed on November 4, 2021, and the entire amount was stolen. She also did not come to work with the investigating agency to make a statement.
In addition, there are many other investors in the case who were defrauded in a similar manner.
Authorities concluded that from June 2021 to October 2021, about 450 people participated in the Wintop exchange, depositing about 2.5 million USDT; 400 people participated in the Winrich exchange, depositing about 2.2 million USDT. Because many people won and requested withdrawals, Hai took USDT from later participants to pay a portion to earlier participants to prolong the time and create difficult withdrawal orders... In addition, Hai also took USDT from victims and transferred it to his wallet to sell on Binace and Trust exchanges, then converted it into Vietnamese currency for personal spending and debt repayment.
After a while, Hai and Trung's group could not afford to pay, so they shut down the exchange to steal money from the victims.
In December 2021, the Ho Chi Minh City Police received complaints from 13 people claiming that Hai and Trung had stolen their assets through the two cryptocurrency exchanges. The results of bank account statements, other documents, along with testimony, authorities determined that 10 people had 14.6 billion VND stolen, the remaining 3 people are currently not present in the locality, so the investigating agency has not been able to take statements.
