Police officer in court for $300,000 fraud

A police officer appeared in court in Phnom Penh yesterday after defrauding 28 victims of $300,000 by promising them jobs in the police force 39-year-old Leng Sothy Vun, a police officer living at No. 03, Street 123, Village 1, Sangkat Boeung Trabek, Khan Chamkar Mon was sent to the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on the afternoon of March 29, 2022

He had worked as an officer at the General Department of Logistics and Finance of the Ministry of Interior and was arrested by the Criminal Police Department after his numerous victims complained that they had been defrauded The victims lodged complaints with the Criminal Police Department, alleging that in late 2019, Leng Sothy Vun used his position as a police officer at the General Department of Logistics to defraud them.

He promised them jobs in the police force and collected a fee of $18,000 from each victim in return for procuring them a job. When the jobs were not forthcoming, he then refused to return the money to the victims. The victims decided to file a complaint to the suspect to the Criminal Department of the Ministry of Interior to help find justice.

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