VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Van Hoa has given all the money he earned from selling stolen credit card information to his father, and used it to buy land plots in Binh Duong and HCM City.

Nguyen Van Hoa.

The Police have discovered the “underground world” (UG) of the crimes using high technology, arresting some subjects of the group of hackers who tried to hack foreigners’ credit card information to appropriate billions of dong.

To their surprise, one of the subjects, called the “hack master” is a university student. Nguyen Van Hoa, 23, from Dong Ha City in Quang Tri province, is now a student of the HCM City Technology University’s specialized training class for talented engineers.

Hoa has been arrested and prosecuted for illegally accessing computing networks, telecom network, Internet network and others’ digital devices.

Hoa is the hack master of the forums in the UG.

Hoa is an excellent student, and he is very good at information technology. The passion for technology allows Hoa to spend long hours and days writing computing programs.

What made Hoa become a criminal was his decision to join the UG’s forums and become an “instrument” for others to earn money illegally.

Hoa said he began joining the underworld in 2010. Hoa used his information technology knowledge to hack foreign websites, stealing foreigners’ credit card information.

After that, Hoa sold the information to domestic buyers. All the money has been remitted to Hoa’s account at Dong A Bank. Until the arrest, VND7 billion had been remitted to the account.

The police believe that Hoa hacked a lot of websites and successfully stole the information about 300,000 credit cards. Supposing that the crimes appropriated VND3 million from every card, then the total sum of money the foreigners lost could be VND900 billion.

Though having earned a lot of money, Hoa did not intend to spend the money. He even did not care about himself. When arresting Hoa, the police officers felt surprised when seeing Hoa in dirty clothes and hands. The room where Hoa lived was so untidy.

Hoa said that he has remitted all the money he earned to the father, Nguyen Dong H, who has used the money to buy land in Binh Duong and HCM City.

Educators have expressed their pity for Hoa, saying that Hoa could be a big talent of the country if he can be led on the right track.

Hoa, an excellent student, has lost his opportunity to study at a prestigious university, while he is expecting the appropriate punishment in accordance to the laws.

Educators have pointed out that Hoa’s case should be seen as a lesson for the young capable students.

The students, who entertain the illusion about their talents and yield to the temptation, may waste their lives to commit crimes. Meanwhile, they could become the useful citizens in the society if they can receive reasonable education.

Meanwhile, the educators say parents need to keep an eye over their children even when they are over 18 years old. A parent in Hanoi said he could not understand why Hoa’s parents did not doubt about the big sum of money the son could earn, while he was still a school student.

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