Pasadena women have admitted to stalking a man and threatening to kill him and his wife, and threatening to blow up the U.S. consulate in Vietnam.
Natalie Nguyen, 39, pleaded guilty Wednesday in Central California District Court for one count of stalking, one count of threatening interstate trade to kill another person and cause damage and damage to buildings through fires and explosives.
Nguyen was identified as “Th” and his wife in court documents from April 2023 to February 2024 under her plea agreement. She sent several emails to the man and threatened to kill him and his wife. An email includes screenshots of a text conversation about paying the killer $15,000 to kill his wife.
Authorities said she sent officials several emails – fake TH and his wife – she threatened to detonate bombs at the U.S. consulate in Ho Chi Minh City and also followed five of the employees.
In October 2023, in a nguyen email, Nguyen wrote to three government employees at the U.S. consulate and said: “I will [sic] Kill every one [expletive] One of you has been delaying the issuance of my wife visa. ”
In January 2024, this time pretending to be TH’s wife, Nguyen sent a message to U.S. officials through an online portal: “The device will be detonated at the U.S. consulates in Saigon and San Francisco. Everyone will explode because of my separation from my husband, which will cause my separation last year.
She also threatened to explode a grenade in Lunar New Year through a message on the U.S. Embassy’s online portal.
“In this case, no one has been physically harmed in any way,” Nguyen’s attorney Benjamin P. Lechman said in a statement to the Times on Wednesday.
“It’s about a person, while on the offense – suffering some very real mental health issues,” he said. “Ms Nguyen is now working with a talented mental health professional and responsible for her behavior with today’s confession. She’s just looking to put the episode behind her and move on in a positive way.
Lechman added: “Mental health struggles affect most society and Ms. Nguyen encourages anyone who suffers like her to seek proper treatment.”
Nguyen has been in federal custody since February 2024, and her sentencing hearing is scheduled for June 18. She was sentenced to up to five years in federal prison for stalking counts and up to 10 years in federal prison for threatening crimes.
