Pham Van Cung (born in 1982, used to be the abbot of a pagoda in Vinh Long) was sentenced to life in prison by the People’s Court of Vinh Long province, and Nguyen Tuan Si (SN 1968, motorbike taxi driver, same in Vinh Long province) was sentenced to 3 years in prison for the same crime. fraudulent appropriation of assets.
In court, the defendants admitted to the offence. The prosecution of the accused is the right person, the right crime. According to Cung, due to his insolvent debt due to his extravagant lifestyle, he thought of appropriating other people’s money.
Traffic newspaper said, when invited by the court to have the last word, Pham Van Cung expressed his sincere apology to the victims. Cung admits that he is a bad person.
Notably, Cung asked for the death penalty because he thought the People’s Procuracy’s proposal for a life sentence was not enough for the defendant’s behavior.
Cung himself was also aware of the seriousness of the consequences he caused to the defendants. Indeed, Cung’s victims also went through a rough time due to being scammed.
Ms. HP (50 years old), director of a company in Ho Chi Minh City, was repeatedly given false information by Cung to cheat and appropriate money. The total amount that Cung appropriated from P. was nearly 18.6 billion VND, Cung returned nearly 7 billion VND to Mrs. P. Thus, the amount of money that Cung also appropriated from Mrs. P is more than 11.6 billion VND.
The Labor Newspaper said that when Ms. P. was cheated with a large amount of money, she fell into a very difficult situation. The house was sold by the bank, Mrs. P. had the thought of looking for death. “I have a charitable heart, helping difficult situations but did not expect to be scammed” – this woman said in court.
According to the indictment, through the program “Bears of mercy” held at Hoa Binh Theater (HCMC) in 2015, Cung became acquainted with Ms. P. Knowing Mrs. P was a businessman with money, Cung invited her to come. visit Phuoc Quang Pagoda and the Center of the Fountain of Love and then “fake suffering” to talk about the debt of 6.5 billion VND for construction of works.
Feeling sorry for the situation of the temple, Mrs. P lent Cung 700 million dong, but Cung asked Khoa to print the merit receipt, not write the debt.
After that, Cung used the trick of hiring people to pretend to be kidnapped, using a Chinese phone number sim to call Ms. P., loudly threatened to ask her to transfer more than 5.7 billion VND in a week to redeem it. returned by teacher “Thich Phuoc Ngoc”.
Mrs. P. immediately transferred 5.7 billion VND. After receiving the money, Cung divided it among the participants in the fake kidnapping of 5 million VND.
To continue to take money from Mrs. P., Cung used a Chinese phone number sim to text Ms. P., the content was that Cung owed 7 billion dong and had fled to China, not daring to return to Vietnam. Mrs. P. believed it was true, so she transferred more than 7 billion VND to help Cung. After that, Cung lied that he was sick and owed 4.5 billion VND…
According to the Ho Chi Minh City Police Department, when the verdict was pronounced, the jury found that the defendant Cung, although committed many times, sincerely declared, repented and returned part of the money appropriated, so the court sentenced him to life in prison. proposed by the People’s Procuracy of Vinh Long.
The exact amount that Cung used many deceitful tricks to defraud the property of four women is more than 77.7 billion VND. After being denounced, Cung returned a part to the victims and currently appropriated more than 67.7 billion dong, so the indictment stated this amount.
Of the more than 67 billion VND, Cung also appropriated from 4 victims, one victim voluntarily “donated” 3 billion VND for charity purposes, so the total amount of money the former abbot had to overcome during his imprisonment. for the victims is more than 60 billion.
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