Lai Chau: Buying 1kg of fake gold for 5 million and trying to sell it for 830 million, 3 people fell into law

The incident caused a stir among netizens, dizzying shares, and at the same time extreme confusion about the aggressiveness and danger of profiteers.

On the morning of April 23, Lai Chau Provincial Police praised and rewarded collectives and individuals with outstanding achievements in fighting case 0424V; Arrested 3 subjects for property appropriation, confiscated a yellow metal bar, 350 million VND and 116 yuan bills with identical serial numbers.

At the praise ceremony, Chairman of Lai Chau Provincial People's Committee Le Van Luong congratulated the victory that the provincial police force achieved in the fight to solve cases in particular and crimes in general. Chairman of Lai Chau Provincial People's Committee hopes that in the coming time, the police force will continue to coordinate well with the force to better perform the task of fighting all types of crimes, contributing to ensuring security and order in the area.

Previously, in early April 2024, the Criminal Police Department of Lai Chau Provincial Police discovered that Facebook account Lo Thi Hop posted content selling gold "Who needs this type, please message me" with a picture of a metal bar. Yellow imprinted with Fine GOLD 9999 NET WT 1000g. The post attracted Lieu Pham's account to comment expressing concern, the author of the post replied that Lieu Pham switched to texting mode.

It is highly likely that this is a scripted trick to sell fake gold, orchestrated by a group of Vietnamese people in collusion with the Chinese to defraud people to appropriate property. The Criminal Police Department established reconnaissance project 0424V to coordinate with the professional departments of the provincial police and border guards to fight and solve the case.

As a result, in 2 days (April 20-21), the Special Investigation Team successfully solved the case, arrested the subjects including: Tan Seo Lu (born 1986, residing in Lan Nhi Thang village, Lan Nhi Thang commune, Phong Tho district); Van Van Sum (born 1984, residing in Na Phat village, Binh Lu commune, Tam Duong district); Deng Fuqiang (other name: Dang Pho Cuong, born 1982, Chinese nationality).

The confiscated evidence includes a yellow metal bar weighing 1kg with the words Fine GOLD 9999 NET WT 1000g imprinted; Vietnamese currency in circulation is 350 million VND.

During an urgent search of Tan Seo Lu's residence, the Police Investigation Agency temporarily confiscated Chinese money including: 116 bills of 100 Yuan with the same serial number (suspected of counterfeit money); 2 bills of 2 Yuan, 8 bills of 100 Yuan and some related items.

At the Investigation Agency, the subjects confessed that the yellow metal bar was fake gold. Subject Tan Seo Lu bought on social networks for 5 million VND and gave it to Van Van Sum to sell to Mr. Phan Phu Lieu for 830 million VND; The amount of 350 million VND was also given by subject Lu to subject Deng Fuqiang to create a scenario to create trust and pretend to contribute capital with Mr. Lieu so that the victim would spend 480 million VND to buy gold bars and then bring it with Deng Fuqiang. China sells.

Currently, the Police Investigation Agency is temporarily detaining criminals to investigate Tan Seo Lu, Deng Fuqiang and Van Van Sum for property appropriation.

On this occasion, Lai Chau Provincial People's Committee awarded Certificates of Merit to 5 groups and 8 individuals with outstanding achievements in fighting crime, contributing to ensuring security and order in the area. Chairman of Lai Chau Provincial People's Committee and Director of Provincial Police also rewarded groups that successfully solved the case.

Previously, in September 2019, the Police of Binh Son district, Quang Ngai province ordered the arrest of two subjects residing in the area for selling fake gold. In a short time, these two subjects used Use the trick of using fake gold plated with real gold, stamped with the logo of a reputable and famous gold brand, then bring it to gold shops to sell. There have been at least 10 gold shops that fell into the trap due to not checking carefully. Through verification, the investigation agency said that Binh Hoa commune is the locality with the highest number of gold shops being tricked into selling fake gold.

Counterfeit gold is currently quite common in the market, so if consumers do not check carefully when buying, they are at risk of losing money when buying fake gold. Therefore, to avoid encountering the above situation, when buying gold, consumers need to pay attention to the following basic points:

Another simple test is to use a magnet to test gold. Normally magnets do not attract gold. If you put a magnet close to it and it doesn't attract, it will be real gold.

In addition, we can grind gold on a piece of unglazed ceramic. If it leaves a yellow streak, it is gold, and if it leaves a lead shine, it is another metal.

Another way to try is to tap on gold, because gold does not vibrate and make a buzzing sound, not like other metals.

When buying gold bars, consumers pay attention to real gold, the sharpness will be more sophisticated. Fake gold numbers 9999 will lose the 9, real gold will not lose it and will be sharper.

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