Former Supreme People's Procuracy official embezzled more than 5.5 billion VND

On November 7, Hanoi People's Court tried Phung My Giang (44 years old, former official of the Supreme People's Procuracy) for the crime ofFraudulent appropriation of property, according to Article 139 of the 1999 Penal Code.

According to the accusation, while working at the Supreme People's Procuracy, Giang knew that Ms. Bich (a trainee officer) wanted to become a civil servant, so he said that at the end of February 2016, the Investigation Agency (Department 6) would organize an exam. Giang affirmed that he would help Ms. Bich pass the exam at a cost of 400 million VND.

On January 28, 2016, Bich's mother gave Giang 400 million VND at a coffee shop, and both parties wrote a receipt. In March 2016, seeing that she had not yet entered the contest, Bich asked and Giang promised to inform her two months later.

Because she was not allowed to take the civil service exam, Ms. Bich demanded money and Giang wrote a note promising to pay her back in six days. However, Giang was only able to pay 20 million VND.

According to the authorities' accusations, Giang also fraudulently advertised a Toyota Prado for sale, liquidated from customs, for 1.4 billion VND (market price 2.2 billion VND). Through an introduction, on January 18, 2016, Mr. Hung and Tu met Giang and transferred 1 billion VND. Giang promised to deliver the car at the end of the month.

At the end of January 2016, Giang told Mr. Hung that the car purchase had problems with the paperwork and needed more time. On March 17, 2016, Giang asked for an additional 200 million VND and promised to deliver the car in two weeks.

After the deadline, Giang was asked to pay back 70 million VND. Using the same trick, Giang cheated two other people to appropriate 3.9 billion VND.

The court determined that Giang used fraudulent means to embezzle 5.5 billion VND and sentenced him to 18 years in prison.