Vietnamese tech tycoon 'Shark Binh' charged with fraud
Vietnam News 16:55 14/10/2025Vietnamese entrepreneur Nguyen Hoa Binh, widely known as ‘Shark Binh,’ has been charged along with nine others with asset appropriation and violations of accounting regulations causing severe consequences.
19 more prosecuted in fraud case involving APAX Leaders English center chairman
Vietnam News 10:38 19/09/2025In connection with the ongoing investigation into Nguyen Ngoc Thuy, widely known as Shark Thuy, 19 additional individuals have been prosecuted for allegedly committing fraud to appropriate property.
Nearly 400 Vietnamese lose over $6mn in Cambodia-based fake police scam
Vietnam News 16:25 16/09/2025Police in Cao Bang Province, northern Vietnam said on Monday they recently dismantled a transnational cybercrime ring that posed as police officers, tricked victims into installing fake VNeID apps embedded with malware, and stole over VND160 billion (US$6 million) from nearly 400 people nationwide.
Aichi police arrest 29 fraud suspects extradited from Cambodia
World 16:45 21/08/2025Tokoname, Aichi Pref. -- Police in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, arrested 29 extradited Japanese nationals in their 10s to 50s on Wednesday on suspicion of involvement in phone scams conducted from a northeastern Cambodian town.
Vietnamese film makes groundbreaking AI lead swap after beauty queen Thuy Tien’s arrest
Vietnam News 17:49 05/08/2025A Vietnamese film that originally starred Miss Grand International 2021 Nguyen Thuc Thuy Tien turned to artificial intelligence to replace her image so it could reach cinemas after the beauty queen was arrested in a consumer fraud probe.
Ex-president of Vietnamese support center gets life sentence for scamming 1,000 people
Vietnam News 13:33 10/08/2022The defendants scammed more than 1,000 victims and appropriated over US$2 million
Chairman of Vietnamese property giant Tan Hoang Minh arrested in corporate bond scam
Vietnam News 14:31 06/04/2022Do Anh Dung, chairman of Tan Hoang Minh Group, and six other people were apprehended on Tuesday
S.Korean man indicted for duping investors, appropriating over $3mn in Vietnam
Vietnam News 14:36 07/10/2021The 53-year-old South Korean national and seven other suspects have been indicted for fraud and property appropriation
Woman indicted for appropriating money from 140 Vietnamese in labor export scam
Vietnam News 16:39 21/07/2021She appropriated more than US$269,250
Woman jailed for life over $3.5mn fraud in southern Vietnam
Vietnam News 23:02 30/03/2021The woman said she was running a highly profitable business and tricked 11 people into making an investment
Vietnamese health ministry warns of COVID-19 vaccine fraud
Vietnam News 15:20 11/03/2021Businesses are advised to be cautious in their evaluations of cooperation offers regarding the sale of COVID-19 vaccine
Undocumented immigrants on the rise in Ho Chi Minh City
Vietnam News 10:18 12/01/2021The majority of them hail from China or African countries
