Miss Tuyet Nga in court

At 8am this morning, in a striking pink dress, Miss Successful Lady 2009 looked quite calm when she was brought to court, after 3 years of imprisonment.

On July 21, Ho Chi Minh City People's Court opened a trial of Ms. Truong Thi Tuyet Nga (55 years old, director of Vu Lan Construction Investment Company Limited) for the crime of Fraudulent appropriation of property.

According to the accusation, around July 2010, Ms. Nga hired someone to design a luxury apartment complex - office tower on a land area of ​​35,000 m2 in Binh Khanh Ward, District 2. This project was not licensed by the authorities because it was located in the planning area of ​​Thu Thiem station. The Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee also issued a document directing not to handle illegal transfers or construction. However, Ms. Nga still advertised for sale.

Through an introduction, Ms. Nga found a customer, Ms. Linh. To gain trust, the Miss Lady took the customer to see the land, the land use right certificate was under her and her husband's names. Ms. Linh then agreed to buy this project for 54 million USD.

Ms. Nga was brought to court. Photo: XD

Mrs. Nga drafted a land transfer contract and asked Mrs. Linh to deposit 500,000 USD. Seeing the sketchy contract, Mrs. Linh was puzzled and asked Mrs. Nga's husband to sign the contract. At this time, the Lady Beauty Queen said: "When we pay the money, we will sign a detailed contract... if your husband is not old enough to sign, it will ruin the job." Trusting her, Mrs. Linh gave Nga the entire deposit. Early the following year, the two sides continued to sign many agreements, memorandums of understanding and transfer money to carry out the project.

In total, Ms. Nga received 3.1 million USD from customers but did not fulfill the commitment. Ms. Linh was suspicious and checked to find out that the project was not real.

The investigation agency determined that, during that time, although she had transferred 30,000 m2 of land to Ms. Linh, Miss Lady still signed a contract to transfer 3,000 m2 to Mr. Muoi for nearly 1.5 billion VND, committing that "the land was not disputed, seized, not deceived, not forced...".

However, Ms. Nga authorized this land area and 6 other properties in District 2 to her son who was studying in the US. When doing the procedures at the notary office, Ms. Nga forged her son's signature. Next, she used this authorization document to mortgage a loan of 131 billion VND from the bank. Thanks to her connections, the Miss borrowed the land use rights certificate "to make a copy" but used it to mortgage a loan from the bank. The incident was later discovered.

During the investigation, the Supreme People's Procuracy also received complaints from many banks, companies, and individuals accusing Ms. Nga of fraud, appropriating nearly 900 billion VND. The case falls under the jurisdiction of the Ho Chi Minh City Police, so the Supreme People's Procuracy has transferred the entire file to this unit.

In addition, the authorities also said that Ms. Tuyet Nga bribed a number of officials working at the Ministry of Public Security to "escape" the crime of appropriating 3.1 million USD in deposits from partners. After deciding to prosecute the case for bribery, due to its complicated nature, the Supreme People's Procuracy's Investigation Agency separated it into another case for further investigation and handling.

In 2009, Ms. Truong Thi Tuyet Nga won the title of Miss Successful Lady. Three years later, she also won the runner-up position at the Miss Vietnam Global pageant in the US. At the time of her arrest in April 2013, she was the General Director of Vu Anh International General Hospital Company Limited.

According to VNE