HCM City People’s Court sentenced a 33-year old Iranian man to 13 months in prison for theft from a local bank.


 

Mehdi arrested by HCM City police


According to the indictment, at around 9 am on September 28, 2015, Choobani Shirvani Mehdi came to a Vietinbank branch in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 1 to pretend to convert his money.


Firstly, Mehdi asked a female staff named Nguyen Dac Quynh Duong to convert some US dollars into Vietnamese dong. 

After that, he continued asking Duong to change a USD100 note which has the image of a star at the end of series.

Duong gave him 48 notes of USD100 each so that he can selected the note he wanted. 

Taking advantages of the staff being busy moment, Mehdi put 16 of the notes in a bag and handed over the rest to her and then quickly left the bank.

Duong realised the money had been stolen and shouted for help. Mehdi was arrested with the money.

Dtinews