Magnificence queen Nguyen Thuc Thuy Tien arrested for fraud over gummies

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Vietnamese authorities have arrested a magnificence queen and social media influencer for client fraud after she promoted a counterfeit fibre complement.

Nguyen Thuc Thuy Tien had closely marketed gummies stated to be wealthy in fibre on her social media channels.

However a public backlash erupted after product exams revealed this was unfaithful.

A former winner of the Miss Grand Worldwide magnificence competitors, Ms Nguyen is a well known persona in Vietnam and beforehand acquired accolades from the federal government.

Ms Nguyen had promoted Kera Supergreens Gummies together with social media influencers, Pham Quang Linh and Hold Du Muc.

Investigators stated the product was the results of a three way partnership between Ms Nguyen and an organization arrange by the 2 different influencers.

The influencers claimed that every of their gummies contained fibre equal to a plate of greens.

A member of the general public despatched the product for testing at a lab, which discovered that every gummy solely contained 16mg of fibre, removed from 200mg as claimed.

Authorities then launched an investigation, which discovered that sub-standard components that had been low in fibre had been used within the manufacture of the gummies.

The product's packaging additionally didn't state the fibre content material, nor did it state that the product contained a excessive stage of sorbitol, which is utilized in laxatives.

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The three influencers had been fined in March, and apologised to the general public.

The next month, Vietnamese authorities arrested Mr Pham and Hold Du Muc in addition to officers from their firm and the gummies' producer.

They had been charged with producing counterfeit items and defrauding clients.

On Monday, authorities introduced the arrest of Ms Nguyen for allegedly deceiving clients.

Greater than 100,000 packing containers of the gummies had been reportedly bought earlier than gross sales had been halted as a result of scandal.

After profitable the Bangkok-based magnificence pageant in 2021, Ms Nguyen turned a star wanted by many Vietnamese manufacturers, and appeared on a number of actuality TV reveals.