Hà Tĩnh police dismantle Vietnam‑Korea online money‑exchange scam

The police in Hà Tĩnh province announced the bust of an online fraud ring that lured Vietnamese residents abroad with promises to exchange Vietnamese đồng for South Korean won. Investigators identified two suspects – Hoàng Tuấn Nhật (born 2004) and Nguyễn Vũ Kỳ (born 2002) – and charged them with "fraudulent appropriation of property".

The scheme used multiple fake Facebook accounts to advertise attractive exchange rates, targeting the Vietnamese community in South Korea. Victims transferred money to accounts in Korean banks, but the perpetrators never completed the exchange, instead delaying and eventually cutting off contact, stealing more than 800 million VND. The suspects regularly changed Facebook profiles, used various messaging apps and deleted conversation histories to conceal evidence. Authorities combined cyber‑monitoring with financial tracing to uncover the method and arrest the suspects. The investigation continues, and police warned citizens abroad to use only licensed financial institutions for currency transactions.