The criminal wanted for 11 years changed his name and changed his surname to play Who Wants to be a Millionaire, with a surprising ending

Who wants to be a millionaire is one of the game shows with the longest lifespan and attracts a large audience. Since broadcasting from 2010 until now, there have been many unexpected situations that have happened to players, making the audience both surprised and laugh.

One of the unforgettable memories for fans of "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" is the capture of an 11-year-old wanted criminal when he enrolled in the program.

The story is that in an episode broadcast in 2007, detective C16 discovered clues about a wanted female criminal. Specifically, player Le Thi Co who won the program's 10 million VND prize money possesses many characteristics very similar to criminal Le Thi Hong who has been wanted by the police for many years.

With sensitive intuition and professional ability, the scouts conducted surveillance and determined that there was a high possibility that Le Thi Co was the Le Thi Hong they had been looking for for many years. Immediately afterwards, the Ministry of Public Security contacted the "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" program team to get player Le Thi Co's participation records.

According to registration records, Le Thi Co was born on May 28, 1968, permanently resides in area 6, Gia Ray town, Xuan Loc district, Dong Nai province and has an educational level of 12/12. In the interview, Le Thi Co said her hobbies are cooking and counting money. What is also worth noting is that after receiving the bonus from the program, Le Thi Co completely disappeared from her residence in Xuan Loc district.

After scouts searched, they discovered clues about Le Thi Co in a motel in District 9, Ho Chi Minh City. The police conducted a sudden raid and arrested a female criminal wanted for many years.

At the authorities, Le Thi Co - now restored to her true identity as Le Thi Hong, confessed to all the crimes and the process of hiding and changing her name for more than ten years. When asked why Hong dared to appear on television as a wanted criminal, she said: "I think after many years the police have probably forgotten about me. Yet... I was still arrested."

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It is known that Le Thi Hong was born and raised in Hanoi. Thanks to her beautiful face, she became the target of many boys. At the age of 18, Hong got married and had a prosperous life. However, Hong is a person who loves money, she always feels that the amount of money she has is not enough. Even though her husband tried to stop her many times, Hong was still determined to make more money by selling lottery numbers. At that time, the "playing lottery" movement was extremely popular in Hanoi. After 2 years of falling into this path, Hong owed people billions of dong. Under pressure from creditors, Hong had to take her child and run to Dong Nai to hide.

In addition to the above story, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire also has many other rare stories.

Answer all 15 questions but only receive 22 million VND

The second player to go to question number 15 is backpacker Tran Dang Dang Khoa. After correctly answering 14 questions and using all 4 assistance rights, receiving a bonus of 85 million VND, he decided to answer question 15 without hesitation, but unfortunately the answer was not correct so he had to return to the number. 22 million VND bonus.

That is also the case of player Le Xuan Thach in the episode just broadcast on the show's YouTube channel, attracting hundreds of thousands of views. He was also a contestant on "Road to Olympia" in the 10th year and was the one who answered the phone to help his friends 5 times in Who Wants to be a Millionaire.

He answered 10 questions correctly and received 22 million VND. Then Le Xuan Thach stopped at sentence 11 with the topic of a sport. MC Dinh Tien Dung emphasized that with 5 successful times helping friends, Le Xuan Thach also set a record as the player who answered 15 questions correctly in the history of the show Who Wants to be a Millionaire.

Called a relative but the number was mixed up

The funny and sad situation appeared in the episode broadcast on the evening of May 7, 2019. In the player's section named Pham Quynh Nhu, she needed help with question number 6.

After a moment of hesitation with answers A and D, the female court clerk decided to use the 50/50 assistance power to eliminate 2 out of 4 answers. But both A and D are removed from the screen.

After that, Quynh Nhu decided to use additional support to call relatives. She said she would ask a colleague and uncle in the agency named V. Van K. When the phone was connected, MC Phan Dang spoke first: "Hello, may I ask if you are V?" . Van K.?". The other end of the line suddenly replied: "No, wrong number!".

MC Phan Dang also had to admit that this was the first case in more than a dozen years of broadcasting the game show Who Wants to be a Millionaire that the number was mixed up when calling relatives, and the player's eyes and mouth turned O because of surprise.

The phone was then connected to the real person named V. Van K.. Thanks to the help of relatives, Quynh Nhu passed question number 6.

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