TikTok疯传的「HNL Swindler」在Newport Beach被捕 男子被控从两家牙科诊所窃取逾13万美元
据 Honolulu Civil Beat 11月6日报道，Irvine 警方11月4日周三下午在加州橙县 Newport Beach 逮捕了32岁的 Quan “David” Hoang Vu。Vu 的前女友 Dominique Bird 今年4月起在 TikTok 发布一系列视频指控他骗钱，视频播放量达数百万次，网友给他起了个带调侃意味的绰号“HNL Swindler”。Vu 被加州以身份盗窃与盗窃罪名通缉，弗吉尼亚州另有针对他的信用卡欺诈指控。他被捕时正与一名女子步行，警方上前将他逮捕；他随后由橙县警长办公室羁押，原定11月6日周五上午在 Santa Ana 提审。
Bird 现年30岁，住在 Honolulu。她说，自己起疑是因为 Vu 一再开口借钱，还用她的信用卡支付酒店、机票与租车费用；她称 Vu 会向女性自称是牙医，结识对方、赢得好感后再使用对方的信用卡。Bird 还说，Vu 今年3月离开 Honolulu 时带走了她的狗 Cupcake，那是一只白色博美混种犬。TikTok 网友随后帮着认出了 Vu 的姓名与工作地点，相关视频也成了加州与夏威夷两地自称有类似遭遇者留言的聚集地。
逮捕前一周，Bird 收到一条私信，称有人在 Anaheim 的迪士尼乐园 Oogie Boogie Bash 活动上见过 Vu，她把这一线索转告 Irvine 警方探员，警方称当时已经在找他。她后来又得到一条 Vu 出现在 Newport Beach 某条街道的线索并转发给警方，她认为这条信息帮助警方定位了 Vu。不过 Irvine 警方发言人 Kyle Oldoerp 表示，警方无法证实 Bird 的视频在逮捕中起了作用，只说警方此前已掌握他的行踪信息、警员当时就在该区域并找到了他。
Vu 在加州一侧的指控来自 Irvine 的一家牙科诊所。他2025年在该诊所担任办公室经理，诊所牙医告诉警方，他并未在加州持有牙科相关执照。诊所经理后来发现，Vu 手里有诊所的支票簿和一枚带牙医签名的印章，他给自己开出支票、把超过3.2万美元存入个人账户，另有超过2万美元的支票进入他控制的一个账户，支票备注写着“员工奖金”。诊所经理随后报警。Irvine 警方称，该局最初是从邻近辖区一名探员处得知 Vu 的情况，那名探员当时正在调查这起 Irvine 诊所案件。
夏威夷一侧的指控更早。Honolulu 牙医 Derek Ichimura 说，他2021年经朋友的朋友介绍雇了 Vu 做前台兼办公室经理，当时他只知道对方叫 David、不知道其姓氏、只留了一个手机号，也没有核查推荐人。Vu 后来被他提拔，诊所里的信用卡又未妥善收好。几个月后，Ichimura 发现了超过8万美元的未授权消费，其中包括两个月内超过3万美元被转到 Vu 的个人信用卡名下，另有奢侈品零售、旅行等开销。Vu 在事情被发现后不久离开夏威夷去了加州。Honolulu 警方在一份声明中说，夏威夷方面目前尚未对 Vu 提出指控，这仍是一起进行中的刑事调查。
Becker's Dental Review 11月9日也报道了此案，称 Irvine 警方指 Vu 冒充牙科诊所专业人员、从多家诊所骗取钱财。Vu 本人去年接受 Civil Beat 采访时否认指控，称自己被一群人诬告、是错误信息的受害者，并说“I have nothing to hide. I want to clear my name.”，大意是自己没什么可隐瞒、想澄清名声。他今年稍早还在信息中称 Bird 的说法不实。他被捕后未回应多次置评请求，目前也未被定罪。Bird 在他被捕后说，自己欣喜若狂，觉得噩梦终于结束。截至11月10日，公开报道未见11月6日提审的结果。
TikTok-Viral 'HNL Swindler' Arrested in Newport Beach, Accused of Taking More Than $130,000 From Two Dental Practices
Irvine police arrested Quan “David” Hoang Vu, 32, on Wednesday afternoon, November 4, in Newport Beach, in California's Orange County, according to a November 6 report by Honolulu Civil Beat. Vu's former girlfriend Dominique Bird had been posting a series of TikTok videos since April accusing him of scamming people; the videos were viewed millions of times, and online users gave him the tongue-in-cheek nickname “HNL Swindler.” Vu was wanted in California on identity theft and theft charges, and he also faced credit card fraud charges in Virginia. He was walking with a woman when officers approached and arrested him. He was then held by the Orange County Sheriff's Office, with an arraignment set for Friday morning, November 6, in Santa Ana.
Bird, 30, lives in Honolulu. She said she became suspicious after Vu repeatedly asked to borrow money and used her credit cards for hotel stays, flights and car rentals. She said Vu would tell women he was a dentist, meet them, charm them and then use their credit cards. She also said Vu left Honolulu in March with her dog Cupcake, a white Pomeranian mix. TikTok users helped identify Vu by name and workplace, and the videos became a gathering place for people in California and Hawaii who said they had similar stories about him.
A week before the arrest, Bird received a direct message saying Vu had been seen at Disneyland's Oogie Boogie Bash in Anaheim, and she passed the tip to Irvine police detectives, who told her they were already looking for him. She later received a tip placing Vu on a street in Newport Beach and forwarded that as well, and she believes the information helped officers pinpoint him. Kyle Oldoerp, a public information officer with the Irvine Police Department, said the department could not confirm that Bird's videos played a role, saying officers already had information about his whereabouts and located him in the area.
The California allegations come from a dental office in Irvine. Vu worked there as an office manager in 2025, and the dentist told police he was not licensed in California. The office manager later found that Vu, who had been given the office checkbook and a stamp with the dentist's signature, had written checks to himself and deposited more than $32,000 into his personal account. An additional $20,000 or more in checks went into an account he controlled, with the memos stating they were employee bonuses. The office manager reported the suspected fraud to police. Irvine police said the department first learned of Vu from a detective in a neighboring jurisdiction who had been investigating him in connection with the Irvine case.
The Hawaii allegations are older. Honolulu dentist Derek Ichimura said he hired Vu as a receptionist and office manager in 2021, after an introduction through a friend of a friend in California. He knew Vu only as David, did not know his last name, had only a cell phone number for him and never checked references. Vu was promoted, and credit cards were left unsecured in the office. A few months later, Ichimura discovered more than $80,000 in unauthorized charges, including more than $30,000 over two months to Vu's personal credit card, plus purchases at luxury retailers, travel and other expenses. Vu left Hawaii shortly after the charges were discovered and went to California. The Honolulu Police Department said in a statement that no charges have been filed in Hawaii against Vu at this time and that it remains an open criminal investigation.
Becker's Dental Review also reported the case on November 9, saying Irvine police accused Vu of posing as a dental office professional and swindling dental offices. In an interview last year, Vu denied the allegations, telling Civil Beat he had been falsely accused and was a victim of misinformation: “I have nothing to hide. I want to clear my name.” In messages earlier this year, he said Bird's claims were not true. He has not responded to multiple requests for comment since his arrest, and he has not been convicted. After the arrest, Bird said she was overjoyed and felt the nightmare was over. As of November 10, no outcome of the November 6 arraignment had been reported publicly.
来源：Honolulu Civil Beat
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图片来源：图：加州橙县 Newport Beach 的 Newport Harbor 航拍资料图（Don Ramey Logan 摄，CC BY-SA 4.0，经 Wikimedia Commons），Vu 正是在 Newport Beach 被捕，画面非逮捕现场。/ Aerial file photo of Newport Harbor in Newport Beach, Orange County, California (by Don Ramey Logan, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons); Vu was arrested in Newport Beach, and the photo is not of the arrest.
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