Handling eGLOBOL company stole telecommunications charges of more than 9 billion

Helping the Director of eGLOBOL Company to steal international telecommunication charges of over VND 9.1 billion, Dong Duc Viet Thuong was sentenced to 5 years in prison.

On 11/23, Ho Chi Minh City People's Court tried the first instance and sentenced Dong Duc Viet Thuong (born in 1979) to a 5-year prison sentence for 'theft of property'. Being in charge of the information technology department of eGLOBOL Co., Ltd, Thuong assisted the Director of the company, Angelique Buu Thai (American nationality, currently wanted) to commit acts of stealing international telecommunications charges by how to install equipment system, connect 12 fixed telephone lines with high-speed Internet ADSL and specialized equipment Voiceip Gateway.

Through the system installed in this information technology room, international phone calls to Vietnam will be converted into domestic calls. From March 2004 to May 2005, the accused helped Angelique Buu Thai steal international telecommunications charges of over VND 9.1 billion.

Telecommunications theft acts increasingly sophisticated.

Unlike the telecom theft, which has been removed by authorities in the past, Angelique Buu Thai lurks under the name of overseas Vietnamese to invest in the country to establish and establish eGLOBAL Vietnam Co., Ltd. to use technology of theft of State property.

EGLOBAL Vietnam Co., Ltd. operates under the investment license granted by the HCMC People's Committee, with a registered investment capital of US $ 40,000 (100% foreign capital) by Director Angelique Buu Thai, an overseas Vietnamese. The objectives and scope of the company's business are clearly stated in the license: outsourcing and exporting software at the request of customers; providing software system integration solutions for enterprises in the field of customer service.

To organize activities, eGLOBAL Vietnam has signed a direct connection to the Internet with Quang Trung Software Park Development Company; contract to supply and use 19 fixed telephone lines with Tay TP Telephone Company and Mega VNN internet access service contract with Postal Informatics Company - Netsoft - Ho Chi Minh City Post Office.

However, the first time it came into operation, the company did not slip through the eyes of authorities because of unusual signs. Immediately, the Department of Post and Telematics cooperated with related departments to receive an unexpected inspection order for the implementation of Vietnam eGLOBAL information and telecommunications regulations at head office No. 10 Part Park Area. Quang Trung soft, District 12, Ho Chi Minh City.

Through inspection, the inspection team discovered traffic (packets) from abroad to be transferred to Vietnam via the public Internet to the intranet, then connected via specialized equipment to transfer to 4 devices. IP port of the company's telecommunications equipment system. At this IP gateway, the switch will be made to the company's retail phones (pre-installed 19 alternating machines varying with time and traffic).

Retail phones will automatically dial to phones belonging to the public telecommunications network according to the number of foreign connections. By the above method, the company has carried out the transfer of international international phone calls to Vietnam into domestic calls for the purpose of not going through the international freight control port of Vietnam Post, estimated damage to the State. over 9.1 billion.

It is worth mentioning that the Director of the Company - Mrs. Angelique Buu Thai, is not present at the company to directly run but sits in the US to run all activities, solve work via e-mail, phone, fax or authority. When there is a need to sign the documents, Mrs. Buu Thai receives, signs and sends them back to the country by express mail and the company's people only do each seal. Therefore, when the authorities discovered the illegal business of eGLOBAL Vietnam, it only caught the helper, Dong Duc Viet Thuong and the mastermind was still "peaceful" in the West.

Gia Khang