Vietnam to hand over dossiers on swindling suspect to FBI
The Can Tho Police said on April 11 that they are carrying out procedures through the diplomatic channel to hand over dossiers relating to Rafael Vazquez Floresl, an American of Mexican origin, to FBI at the request of the agency.
The bills of exchange brought to Vietnam by Rafael Vazquez Floresl (Source: VNA)
Can Tho (VNA) – The Can Tho Police said on April11 that they are carrying out procedures through the diplomatic channel to handover dossiers relating to Rafael Vazquez Floresl, an American of Mexican origin,to the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) at the request of the agency.
According to the municipal police, in 2016, many people in theMekong Delta city of Can Tho and the southern province of Dong Nai denouncedthat Do Huu Le Hung, a 57-year-old man of Australia national, colluded withRafael to swindle 3 billion VND (132,000 USD).
Investigations reveal that Hung introduced Rafael to the victimsas a billionaire who is chairman of World Trade Commodities Inc Panama withassets valued at 130 billion USD, and wants to invest in Vietnam.
Hung then asked the victims to spend over 3 billion VND toinvite Rafael to visit Vietnam to assess projects in which they intend toinvest.
The municipal Police uncovered that Hung has been hunted bythe Criminal Police Department since 2002 for swindling to appropriate over 900million VND (39.600 USD) at Incomex Company.
He was arrested by the Can Tho Police on January 19, 2017 inaccordance with the wanted notice.
At Hung’s residence, the police also collected many relevantdocuments along with two bills of exchange worth 5.1 billion USD (suspected tobe fake) that Rafael brought to Vietnam.
Hung was handed over to the Investigation Police Department underthe Ministry of Public Security on January 23, 2017 in line with the wantednotice.
However, the agency decided to suspend the investigation onJuly 24, 2017 as his deeds cause no harms to the society on the basis of Clause1, Article 25 of the previous Criminal Code.
During the period when Hung was detained in Can Tho, themunicipal police banned Rafael from leaving Vietnam to verify the exchangebills, which, Rafael said, were issued by the US Department of Treasury toinvest in welfare projects in Vietnam. Rafaeladded that he chose Hung as a representative of World Trade Commodities IncPanama in Asia.
However, the municipal police cancelled the ban due to verifying the exchangebills took time.
Responding to the Vietnamese side’s verification request, theFBI identified that Rafael whose address is in Texas recorded convictions.Besides, there is no information about World Trade Communities Inc Panama inTexas’ archives, and no competent US agencies issuing the exchange bills.-VNA
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The bills of exchange brought to Vietnam by Rafael Vazquez Floresl (Source: VNA) 
