Ukrainian tycoon heads a gang of loan sharks in Vietnam

On April 8, the Criminal Police Department of the Ministry of Public Security (C02) said that the unit had just coordinated with the professional departments of the Ministry of Public Security, Ho Chi Minh City Police and Khanh Hoa Provincial Police to destroy the road. “black credit line” led by foreigners.

Previously, Department C02 discovered a group of foreigners colluding with Vietnamese people to establish enterprise to hide behind the use of high technology In order to operate “black credit” on a large scale, a special project should be established to fight.

Through investigation, the police determined that Bugaevskiy Tymur (born 1990) and Kravchuk Iryna (born 1985, same Ukrainian nationality) were related people. Recently, when both entered Vietnam, they were arrested by the police; At the same time, 4 companies in Ho Chi Minh City were searched.

According to Department C02, the above crime ring was led by Katerynchyk Roman (born 1986, Ukrainian nationality). Roman colluded with Le Thanh Huynh Cang (born 1971, residing in Thu Duc City) and Nguyen Thi Nhat Phuong (born 1990, residing in District 4) to operate “black credit” through an application.

Police determined that since 2019 Roman had given Cang 400,000 USD for loan sharking activities. By April 2023, Roman directed Loc Tin Company to continue receiving 11 million USD from Singapore’s SCA Company and Cyprus’s TAS Bank.

From documents collected, authorities said This group has lent hundreds of thousands of customers with interest rates of 365% – 1,971% per year, thereby earning thousands of billions of dong in illegal profits.

To date, the Criminal Police Department has summoned 63 people. came to work and temporarily confiscated 68 laptops, nearly 100 mobile phones and many related documents.