According to the authorities, from November 2021 to December 2021, Shark Binh used his reputation and influence to post information on social networks about the launch of the "Next100 Blockchain" Investment Fund and committed to investing in digital technology projects with a total Capital of 50 million USD in 10 years, to promote the AntEx project and related companies.
In fact, these are unverified projects, and manipulation occurred on AntEx (virtual currency value product trading) to withdraw money from the project.
Up to now, NextTech, owned by Mr. Nguyen Hoa Binh and shareholders, has closed down and ceased operations, with an estimated investment Capital of about 30,000 billion VND of investors being appropriated.
According to Hanoi Police, in May 2021, Mr. Nguyen Hoa Binh and a number of other subjects with professional qualifications and knowledge of digital currencies agreed to contribute money to build and develop the "AntEx digital currency" project (stored on the binance e-wallet). The subjects agreed to contribute Capital to invest in the AntEx digital currency project with a total amount of 5 billion VND to implement the project and according to the agreed structure (in which Mr. Binh contributed 2 billion VND).
Through investigation, the police determined that Mr. Nguyen Hoa Binh directed the establishment of the legal entity Vietnam Blockchain Technology Services Joint Stock Company. During the project development process, the subjects met to discuss and announce the policy for developing digital currency projects. In particular, the subjects planned to sell a total of 100 billion "AntEx digital currency" (abbreviated as 100 billion Token) to the market.
From August 2021 to November 2021, the subjects issued and sold 33.2 billion "AntEx digital currency" to about 30,000 investors on the exchanges, collecting 4.5 million USDT (equivalent to about 117 billion VND) in electronic wallets on the exchanges.
In addition, the police also determined that from November 2021 to December 2021, Mr. Nguyen Hoa Binh used his reputation and influence to post information on social networks about the launch of the "Next100 Blockchain" investment fund and committed to investing in digital currency projects with a total Capital of 50 million USD in 10 years to promote the AntEx digital currency and strengthen the confidence of investors.
So far, it has been determined that Nguyen Hoa Binh and the founding shareholders withdrew money from the wallets of 30,000 investors, and are accused of appropriating an exceptionally large amount of money from investors.
Based on the investigation documents, on October 10, the Hanoi City Police Investigation Agency issued a decision to prosecute the case and prosecute Mr. Nguyen Hoa Binh and 9 other subjects for the crime of Fraudulent appropriation of property.
Hanoi police are continuing to expand the investigation and clarify violations and wrongdoings related to member companies in the ecosystem of NextTech Group.
m occurred at NextTech Group Joint Stock Company, chaired by Mr. Nguyen Hoa Binh (also known as Shark Binh), and a number of related companies.
The remaining cases include: Cases with signs of production activities, business The case of counterfeit fire extinguishers occurred in Hanoi and some localities; The case of manufacturing and trading counterfeit food and foodstuffs occurred in Hanoi and some localities; The case of manufacturing and trading counterfeit Lavie water in Hanoi.
Previously, Hanoi Police received information related to Shark Binh's AntEx virtual currency project. Afterwards, the Criminal Police Department, Economic Police Department, and Cyber Security and High-Tech Crime Prevention Department got involved in the verification.
By the afternoon of October 6, the investigation agency received a complaint from an individual who said he had invested about 2,000 USD in Shark Binh's project.
The leader of Hanoi Police affirmed that anyone who reports a crime will be received and handled according to regulations with the spirit of no forbidden zones. The decision to handle the crime report will be announced when the results are available.
On the evening of October 6, police forces appeared at the headquarters of Mr. Binh's NextTech Group, located at building number 18 Tam Trinh, Hanoi, and worked continuously there until the early afternoon of October 7.
According to Dan Tri
