Steal special winning lottery tickets from “half-enthusiasts” and exchange them to open a multi-billion dollar savings book

The High Level People’s Court of Ho Chi Minh City held an appeal trial in Can Tho City on December 24, condemning the first instance medical sentence to 7 years in prison for the defendant Nguyen Ngoc Thanh (36 years ; resident of Hau Giang province) for the crime “Property theft”.

According to the first instance verdict of the Hau Giang Province People’s Court, Thanh and Mr. NVN (who lives in Hau Giang Province) have been living together as husband and wife since 2013. The morning of October 28, 2016, Mr. N. attended a death anniversary party at the home of an acquaintance. and a friend from the Dong Thap Province Lottery Company gave him a bunch of lottery tickets.

The defendant Nguyen Ngoc Thanh in court

After getting home, Mr. N. put his wallet on the table and went to the hammock to sleep. The bar opened the wallets of the “reluctant” who saw money and lottery tickets so they took all the lottery tickets to stay. At the end of the afternoon of the same day, while searching for a winner of the special prize, Thanh kept this one and the others put it in the wallet of Mr. N.

When he woke up, Mr. N. checked his wallet and discovered that he lost a lottery ticket that he gave him. Two days later, the friend informed Mr. N. that this lottery ticket had won the special prize. Mr. N. asked but Thanh refused. Due to the suspicion that Thanh brought his lottery ticket to exchange for the prize, Mr. N. reported it to the police.

Mobilized by her family, Thanh surrendered. Thanh stated that after taking the special prize winning ticket from Mr. N., he exchanged it for 1.79 billion VND. After receiving the money, Thanh went to the bank to open a savings book of 1 billion VND, for his younger brother Nguyen Anh Ngoc 250 million VND, he asked another brother to keep 450 million VND for his son and buy jewelry for his daughter for 50 million VND. 40 million dong to ATM card.

In August, the People’s Court of Hau Giang Province tried in the first instance and sentenced Thanh to 7 years in prison for “Theft of property”, and fined Ngoc for 1 year of non-custodial reform for “Failure to report of the crime “.