Overview

• Hong Thanh Dang Tran, 45, was sentenced to six years in prison by Judge Tony Moynihan in Brisbane District Court after pleading guilty to 30 fraud charges.
• Between April 2022 and November 2023, Dang Tran used Facebook to advertise bogus building and renovation services, defrauding 30 victims of $452,000.
• He employed deceptive tactics, including fake names, business cards, and family introductions, to build trust and extract payments from his victims.
• Partial repayments of just under $42,000 were made, but the majority of the funds were never recovered, leaving significant financial harm to victims.
• Dang Tran, who has been in custody since his arrest in November 2023, will be eligible for parole on November 16, 2025, after serving 544 days in pre-sentence custody.