Two uncles and nephews were sentenced to prison for helping sell fake functional foods.

In addition to being an interpreter for the Chinese boss, Tran Hue San also rented his house to store counterfeit goods for the boss and asked him to deliver the goods for her.

On October 6, the High People's Court in Ho Chi Minh City opened an appeal trial and decided to reduce the sentence of defendant Le The Roan (48 years old; residing in District 8, Ho Chi Minh City) from 6 years in prison to 5 years and 6 months in prison for the crime of "Trading in counterfeit goods".

In relation to the case, defendant Tran Hue San (37 years old; residing in District 11, Ho Chi Minh City) also had his sentence reduced from 5 years and 6 months in prison to 2 years in prison, for the same crime.

According to the panel of judges, the two defendants presented new details that they had remedied the consequences and returned the illegally obtained money. This was the basis for the panel of judges to accept a partial reduction in the defendants’ sentences.

The two defendants Le The Roan and Tran Hue San at the appeal hearing.

According to the indictment, around the beginning of 2016, Tran Hue San worked as an interpreter for Mr. Ou Qiong Fei (Chinese nationality). San knew that the boss was selling fake functional foods (sexual enhancement drugs, weight loss drugs) to Le The Roan. San played the role of broker and cashier in the boss's business.

Every month, San receives 6 million VND in salary from his boss Fei and 1% of the total value of the products sold. San rents a house from his uncle, Mr. Giang Kim Cuong, for 3 million VND/month to store goods and asks Mr. Cuong to deliver the goods to Roan.

From January to March 2016, San and Cuong sold 346 boxes of fake functional foods (each person was paid 300,000 VND). On May 5, 2016, when Mr. Cuong transported 582 boxes of food to sell to Le The Roan, he was caught red-handed.

As for Ou Qiong Fei, due to unknown background, the police will continue to investigate and handle him later.

According to NLĐ