The bustling Bangkok city has recently witnessed the audacious arrest of a Vietnamese national, identified as Nguyen Van Viet. Strikingly, this 40-year-old individual was taken into custody amidst allegations of nifty public fraud and deliberately imputing counterfeit data in computer systems. Notably, the arrest was sanctioned following a warrant issued on the 14th of July by the Criminal Court, as divulged by the metropolitan investigation division commander, Pol Maj Gen Theeradej Thamsuthee.
The capture ensued at his ostensibly innocuous goods depot situated in the Lat Krabang district. Vietnamese national Nguyen’s arrest astoundingly unmasked his earnings, which amounted to hundreds of thousands of baht every month. Interestingly, he minted this hefty sum through a deceptive “random parcel sending” scheme, as indicated by Gen Theeradej.
The authorities retrieved a remarkable cache of 468 returned shipments with innumerable goods—approximately 5,000 including varied appliances and knives. Digging deeper into the case revealed a perplexing point: the arrested individual was the sole owner of the storage warehouse linked to this fraudulent operation.
Intriguingly, this nefarious operation was linked to Nguyen’s online business ventures effectively run through Facebook shops. Many a time, these ventures saw the sales of strictly substandard products not sanctioned by local authorities or noticeably counterfeit items. The intrinsic trick in Nguyen’s dubious dealings was reflected in swindling unsuspecting victims.
Victims would innocently order merchandise from his Facebook shop, only to realize, quite to their dismay, that the received goods were starkly different from what was assured online. Markedly, this led to the legitimate return of these products by the victims. However, adding a wicked twist to the tale, Nguyen would resend these same items, prompting people to unknowingly accept and pay for them through a cash on delivery method, says the police report.
Quite paradoxically, despite the seemingly foolproof allegations strengthening against him, Nguyen valiantly denies all charges. In his defense, he claims his involvement with the warehouse only dates back to last year and is financially underpinned by a Vietnamese business counterpart. Yet, only time and consequent hearings will ultimately reveal the covert truth underlying this crafty and elusive fraud.
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