5 cases of 'keeping wasps in your sleeve' fraud, embezzling banks in Nghe An

(Baonghean.vn) - Taking advantage of being bank officers, many subjects have committed acts of fraud, property appropriation, and intentionally violated State regulations on economic management, causing serious consequences.

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1. Le Quynh An - Former Director of Ocean Commercial Joint Stock Bank - Nghe An branch

From February 27 to March 21, the Hanoi People's Court held the first instance trial of the case of Ha Van Tham and 47 defendants at

Le Quynh An

Ocean Commercial Joint Stock Bank (OceanBank). Former Chairman Ha Van Tham and his accomplices must be held responsible for causing losses to OceanBank totaling nearly VND2,000 billion.

The defendants were prosecuted by the Supreme People's Procuracy for the crimes of "Violating regulations on lending in the operations of credit institutions", "Abusing positions and powers while performing official duties", and "Intentionally violating State regulations on economic management causing serious consequences".

Among Tham's accomplices is Le Quynh An, former Director of OceanBank Nghe An branch. In particular, Le Quynh An, former Director of Ocean Commercial Joint Stock Bank - OceanBank Nghe An branch, was proposed to be prosecuted for the crime of "Intentionally violating State regulations on economic management causing serious consequences".

2. Nguyen Thi Lam - former cashier of Do Luong Transaction Office (Vietnam Export Import Commercial Joint Stock Bank - Nghe An branch)

Nguyen Thi Lam

In September 2016, the Police Department for Investigation of Crimes on Economic Management and Positions (PC46) of the Provincial Police decided to prosecute and issue a 4-month detention order for Nguyen Thi Lam to investigate the act of "Abuse of trust to appropriate property".

The investigation agency determined that the trick was to arbitrarily raise interest rates from 7-12%/year (while the bank's deposit interest rate is 4.5-5%) to entice customers to deposit money into the bank through them.

Lam created fake documents and forged customers' signatures to appropriate nearly 48 billion VND from 6 customers. Of these, a tycoon specializing in motorbike business had 31 billion VND appropriated.

The former principal of a high school had 10 billion VND appropriated, an official of the Department of Education and Training of Do Luong district had 350 million VND appropriated, the remaining victims had from 500 million to 5 billion VND appropriated.

3. Dang Dinh Hong - former Director of Do Luong Transaction Office (Export Import Commercial Joint Stock Bank - Nghe An branch)

Dang Dinh Hong

In the case of property appropriation caused by Nguyen Thi Lam, the police also detained Dang Dinh Hong (born in 1973) - Director of Do Luong Transaction Office (Eximbank Nghe An branch) to investigate the act of "Lack of responsibility causing serious consequences".

The investigation agency also determined that Hong signed a number of documents and papers presented by Nguyen Thi Lam, allowing Lam to withdraw about 14 billion VND from customers in violation of regulations.

The investigation agency has decided to initiate an additional case on the charge of “Lack of responsibility causing serious consequences” and requested the Provincial People's Procuracy to approve the decision to prosecute and detain Dang Dinh Hong for 4 months to continue investigating the above behavior.

4. Dang Nam Hai - former Deputy Head of Personal Affairs Department, Export Import Commercial Joint Stock Bank - Nghe An branch

Nguyen Nam Hai

On July 7, 2014, Nghe An Provincial People's Court sentenced Dang Nam Hai (born in 1979, residing in Trung Do ward, Vinh city) to 20 years in prison for "abusing position and power to appropriate property" and "abusing trust to appropriate property".

From April to October 2011, Dang Nam Hai was Deputy Head of the Personal Affairs Department at Eximbank, Nghe An branch. Taking advantage of the lack of strict management, Dang Nam Hai embezzled more than 12 billion VND from the bank for personal use.

In addition, Dang Nam Hai asked his two subordinates, Nguyen Tien Dung (born in 1982, residing in Anh Son district) and Nguyen Tien Phuc (born in 1988, residing in Cua Lo town) to create 8 fake documents of 5 customers to borrow more than 5 billion VND from Eximbank for Hai.

On November 10, 2011, due to previous acquaintances, Hai borrowed nearly 1 billion VND from Ms. Tran Thi Kim Thoa (residing in Vinh City) to reverse the bank deed but in reality it was to pay off debts for loans outside the society. After the commitment period, Hai was unable to pay Ms. Thoa back.

5. Nguyen Trong Hung - former officer of Administration Department, Saigon Commercial Joint Stock Bank - Nghe An branch

Nguyen Trong Hung

On April 11, 2012, Nghe An Provincial Police issued a wanted notice for Nguyen Trong Hung, former officer of the Administration Department, Saigon Commercial Joint Stock Bank Branch residing in Vinh City, for the crime of "Borrowing money from others and then fleeing to appropriate it".

Previously, from 2010 to September 2011, Hung, under the "disguise" of being an officer of the Administrative Department of Saigon Commercial Joint Stock Bank, Nghe An branch, borrowed tens of billions of dong from a number of people and businesses.

In September 2011, Hung quit his job and fled with his wife. People went to the police to report Hung for embezzling more than 14 billion VND.

Nguyen Hung

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