StellarCrowandClaude Fable 5.1
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Until now only cases 357+ (plus a few older ones) had their linked URLs fetched; the other 252 dossiers held just the text pasted into the spreadsheet, often only the lede. This pass fetches every linked URL for those cases so the full text is on file before link rot takes it. - stage_all.py: new --include-sheet-cases flag that lifts the skip on cases holding spreadsheet articles. Resumable as before. - staging/: raw extracts and index.json for the 252 cases. - sourced-articles.json, case-files-manifest.json: 188 new UNTRIMMED blocks. 179 cases gained at least one fetched article; 73 got none (49 BLOCKED, 18 THIN, 9 DEAD, 4 video/social, 3 ERROR). - sources/*.txt: rebuilt with build_cases.py --all. Sheet pastes are kept; fetched blocks sit beside them under the NOT YET TRIMMED banner. Files previously committed with CRLF are now LF. - wayback-availability.json: Wayback snapshots exist for 73 of the 98 failed URL slots; input for an archive-fetch pass. - README-START-HERE.md: progress note and next step. verify_all.py PASSES (1836 checks). Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01GZZENdTLzNGsbNy4DyF1yt
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CASE 279 | Le Duc Nguyen | May 17, 2020 | Vietnam
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DATABASE RECORD
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id 279
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date May 17, 2020
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original_date May 17, 2020
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year 2020
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month 5
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quarter 2020-Q2
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victim Le Duc Nguyen
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location Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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country Vietnam
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scenario Authority Misuse
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description Cops used fake gun and fake HIV syringe to rob $1.6M in bitcoin.
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kidnappings 1
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violence_torture 1
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drugs_alcohol 1
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weapons 1
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theft 1
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life_taken 0
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money_wanted $1,6M
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coin_type BTC
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reports VietnamExpress
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notes Hired detectives to locate victim, who dodged first attacks but then at gunpoint succumbed, fake gun, fake hiv syringe
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has_processed_date 0
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created_at 2025-11-14 09:05:23
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AI SUMMARY [revised on review, verified against the sources in this file. Live DB still holds the shorter bulk-import summary — apply this to it.]
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**Victims:** A Ho Chi Minh City businessman and bitcoin investor (referred to in the record as Le Duc Nguyen), together with his wife, children and brother-in-law, who were seized with him.
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**Attackers:** A group led by businessman Ho Ngoc Tai (32) that included two serving HCMC police officers (Nguyen Quoc Dung, 40, and Nguyen Anh Tuan, 28) and around 15 others, plus a hired private detective who mapped the family's routines. Tai's group blamed the victim's advice for their own 2018 crypto losses and plotted to take his bitcoin.
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**Attack Method:** After a staged motorbike-into-car 'accident' on 12 May 2020 failed (the victim drove off), the group learned his family was travelling from Bao Loc to HCMC and intercepted the car at Dau Giay, Dong Nai, on 17 May.
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**Violence Used:** The victim and his brother-in-law were threatened with a fake gun; his wife and children were put in another car and menaced with a syringe of supposed HIV-infected blood (actually red ink); over the two-hour drive back to the city he was beaten and forced to call his brother to move 1,000 bitcoins.
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**Crypto Demanded/Stolen:** The gang demanded 1,000 bitcoins; investigators found 168 bitcoins (about VND37 billion / US$1.63 million) and other property were actually taken.
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**Status:** The family was dropped by a road in District 2, their phones and cameras taken to destroy evidence, and they reported it to police. The culprits were arrested in June 2020; two police officers and 15 others face robbery charges carrying up to life imprisonment, with no trial date set.
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LINKED SOURCES
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[url] https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/hcmc-cops-charged-with-1-6-mln-bitcoin-robbery-4393892.html
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NOTES ON THIS FILE
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* matched to sheet row 66: exact match on victim + year, unique on both sides
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ARTICLE 1
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Source VietnamExpress
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URL https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/hcmc-cops-charged-with-1-6-mln-bitcoin-robbery-4393892.html
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Origin reported_K&R sheet, row 66, column "Articles"
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Length 2,980 chars
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Trimmed site furniture removed on review; kept text is verbatim. Full original (2,994 chars) archived, sha256 0557a082d33daa4132990ff855faa2116be55c575e65f0ae47a550c61bdf2d85
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HCMC cops charged with $1.6 mln bitcoin robbery
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Members of a group that orchestrated a bitcoin robbery in HCMC in May 2020. Photo courtesy of the police Two police officers and their accomplices in HCMC have been charged with orchestrating a fake accident and stealing VND37 billion ($1.63 million) worth of bitcoins from a businessman.
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Police officers Nguyen Quoc Dung, 40, and Nguyen Anh Tuan, 28, businessman Ho Ngoc Tai, 32, and 14 others face robbery charges in court, prosecutors said Tuesday. The offence carries a maximum sentence of life imprisonment.
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Businessmen Tai and others were bitcoin investors in Ho Chi Minh City and Da Nang. They engaged in transactions with a man named Le, another businessman in HCMC.
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In 2018, Tai and an accomplice, 38-year-old Tran Ngoc Hoang, sold 1,000 bitcoins worth around VND100 billion and used the money to buy other cryptocurrencies, but ended up losing their investment. Tai’s group believed it was Le’s business advice that was responsible for their loss, so they plotted to steal his bitcoins.
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Tai hired a private investigator for VND25 million to find Le. Then he enlisted the help of 36-year-old Trinh Tuan Anh, another cryptocurrency businessman, and police officers Nguyen Quoc Dung and Nguyen Anh Tuan.
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Tai sent Le’s personal info and pictures of his car to the group, as well as VND50 million as rewards for finding him. Mai Xuan Phot, a detective hired by Tai, illegally used various surveillance technologies to find Le and map his family’s routines.
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On May 11, 2020, Tai and some of his friends traveled from Da Nang to HCMC. On May 12, they followed Le’s car to an apartment in District 2. When they were on the Thoi Dai Bridge, Phot ran his motorbike into Le’s car, causing a ruckus. The group intended to wait until Le got off the car to kidnap him, but Le simply drove away.
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Five days later, the group learned that Le’s family was traveling from Bao Loc in the Central Highlands to HCMC. They used cars to reach Dau Giay Town in Dong Nai in the middle and intercepted Le’s.
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Le and a brother-in-law were threatened with a fake gun when they got out of the car. The group put Le’s wife and children onto another car, threatening them with a syringe tinged with what they said was HIV contaminated blood (actually red ink). They forced Le to disclose the password into his cryptocurrency digital wallet.
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Throughout the two hours of traveling back to HCMC, the group beat Le and forced him to call his brother to transfer 1,000 bitcoins. Le however screamed during the conversation, informing his brother that all was not okay.
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The group dropped Le and his family by the side of a road in District 2, taking with them phones and cameras to destroy the evidence. The family later reported the matter to the police.
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An investigation revealed that 168 bitcoins worth around VND37 billion, and some other properties worth around VND45 million, were stolen.
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The culprits were arrested in June. A trial date has not been set.
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FETCHED ARTICLE 1 [RAW EXTRACT — NOT YET TRIMMED]
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!! This is the whole page as extracted. It still contains site furniture,
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!! and may contain teaser headlines for UNRELATED cases. Trim on read-through.
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Source e.vnexpress.net
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URL https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/hcmc-cops-charged-with-1-6-mln-bitcoin-robbery-4393892.html
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Field url
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Retrieved 2026-09-05T12:45:25+00:00 via raw HTTP retrieval, deterministic extraction (HTTP 200)
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Language unknown
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Kept paragraphs ALL 74 paragraphs, untrimmed
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Length 4,813 chars
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Integrity sha256 dffb5895f095d23ca2d274110f2b1f4fa8b72e58fe23d152faec261cebb41a7c
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Trimmed NOT TRIMMED. Full page extract; trim on read-through.
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Caveat retrieved from a live page on the date above. Unlike text copied
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from the spreadsheet, there is no second copy to hash it against.
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ORIGINAL (unknown, verbatim as retrieved)
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Policemen orchestrate $1.6 mln Bitcoin robbery in HCMC - VnExpress International
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Politics
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Education
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Environment
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Traffic
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Crime
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Brainteaser
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DataSpeaks
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Property
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Billionaires
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Markets
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Companies
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Economy
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Money
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Quiz
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Tech news
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Enterprises
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Personalities
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Vietnam innovation
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Challenge hub
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Trend
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Arts
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Celebrities
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Vogue
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Love
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Wellness
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Football
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Boxing
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Marathon
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Tennis
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Other sports
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Trivia
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© Copyright 1997 VnExpress.net. All rights reserved.
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News
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Politics
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Education
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Environment
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Traffic
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Crime
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Brainteaser
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1.
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World's second most visited country attracts record 11.5 million tourists in July
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2.
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Malaysia's richest man Robert Kuok's grandson officially takes over as PPB Group managing director
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3.
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Malaysian billionaire king's son's plan to sell prime Singapore land complicated by $1.6B tax
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4.
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World's biggest F&B chain Mixue closes 89 overseas stores, many in Vietnam, Indonesia
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5.
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Southeast Asia's second-richest nation eyes $493M in tourism revenue next year
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6.
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Once world's busiest international hub, Dubai airport sees first-half passenger traffic fall more than 30%
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7.
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Southeast Asia’s richest man Pham Nhat Vuong rises to 54th wealthiest globally
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8.
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China's top Olympic scorer is out of Basketball World Cup after her passport was lost in mail
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9.
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British man becomes overnight millionaire after recovering lost Bitcoin after 12 years
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10.
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6 health benefits of eating eggs every day
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HCMC cops charged with $1.6 mln bitcoin robbery
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By Quoc Thang November 24, 2021 | 02:30 am PT
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Get VnExpress first in Google Search
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See more of the news you trust. Make VnExpress a preferred source to prioritise our updates in your Google search results
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Members of a group that orchestrated a bitcoin robbery in HCMC in May 2020. Photo courtesy of the police
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Two police officers and their accomplices in HCMC have been charged with orchestrating a fake accident and stealing VND37 billion ($1.63 million) worth of bitcoins from a businessman.
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Police officers Nguyen Quoc Dung, 40, and Nguyen Anh Tuan, 28, businessman Ho Ngoc Tai, 32, and 14 others face robbery charges in court, prosecutors said Tuesday. The offence carries a maximum sentence of life imprisonment.
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Businessmen Tai and others were bitcoin investors in Ho Chi Minh City and Da Nang. They engaged in transactions with a man named Le, another businessman in HCMC.
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In 2018, Tai and an accomplice, 38-year-old Tran Ngoc Hoang, sold 1,000 bitcoins worth around VND100 billion and used the money to buy other cryptocurrencies, but ended up losing their investment. Tai’s group believed it was Le’s business advice that was responsible for their loss, so they plotted to steal his bitcoins.
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Tai hired a private investigator for VND25 million to find Le. Then he enlisted the help of 36-year-old Trinh Tuan Anh, another cryptocurrency businessman, and police officers Nguyen Quoc Dung and Nguyen Anh Tuan.
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Tai sent Le’s personal info and pictures of his car to the group, as well as VND50 million as rewards for finding him. Mai Xuan Phot, a detective hired by Tai, illegally used various surveillance technologies to find Le and map his family’s routines.
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On May 11, 2020, Tai and some of his friends traveled from Da Nang to HCMC. On May 12, they followed Le’s car to an apartment in District 2. When they were on the Thoi Dai Bridge, Phot ran his motorbike into Le’s car, causing a ruckus. The group intended to wait until Le got off the car to kidnap him, but Le simply drove away.
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Five days later, the group learned that Le’s family was traveling from Bao Loc in the Central Highlands to HCMC. They used cars to reach Dau Giay Town in Dong Nai in the middle and intercepted Le’s.
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Le and a brother-in-law were threatened with a fake gun when they got out of the car. The group put Le’s wife and children onto another car, threatening them with a syringe tinged with what they said was HIV contaminated blood (actually red ink). They forced Le to disclose the password into his cryptocurrency digital wallet.
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Throughout the two hours of traveling back to HCMC, the group beat Le and forced him to call his brother to transfer 1,000 bitcoins. Le however screamed during the conversation, informing his brother that all was not okay.
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The group dropped Le and his family by the side of a road in District 2, taking with them phones and cameras to destroy the evidence. The family later reported the matter to the police.
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An investigation revealed that 168 bitcoins worth around VND37 billion, and some other properties worth around VND45 million, were stolen.
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The culprits were arrested in June. A trial date has not been set.
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Get VnExpress first in Google Search
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See more of the news you trust. Make VnExpress a preferred source to prioritise our updates in your Google search results
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generated from attacks-export-Gart-website.json + reported_K&R | case 279
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