Today, Miss Truong Ho Phuong Nga is on trial for the accusation of defrauding 16.5 billion VND.

On the morning of June 22, the People's Court of Ho Chi Minh City brought beauty queen Truong Ho Phuong Nga (30 years old, living in Hanoi) and Nguyen Duc Thuy Dung (28 years old, living in Ho Chi Minh City) to trial for the crime of Fraudulent appropriation of property.

At 7:30 a.m. on June 22, Miss Truong Ho Phuong Nga was escorted to the Ho Chi Minh City People's Court. Hundreds of people attended and followed the trial this morning.

According to the indictment, Phuong Nga met Mr. Cao Toan My (40 years old, residing in District 3, Ho Chi Minh City), Director of Vina Cyber ​​Company, through social networks.

Around 2012, Nga told Mr. My that she had the ability to do real estate business and could buy a house from an acquaintance on Hung Vuong Street (District 5, Ho Chi Minh City) for 6 billion VND, although its value was up to 8 billion VND. Believing her, Mr. My gave Nga 6 billion VND to buy the house, but she did not hand over the house.

Defendant Truong Ho Phuong Nga was escorted to court this morning. Photo: Hai An.

Introduced to many other houses by the beauty queen, in March 2013, Mr. My signed a confirmation with Nga that he agreed to buy the house on Nguyen Trai Street (District 1, Ho Chi Minh City) for 16.5 billion VND.

This 40-year-old businessman did not contact the seller, all negotiations and payments were handled by Nga. If the transaction was not successful, Nga would return the entire amount that Mr. My had given.

Mr. My's money was transferred directly to the account of Nga or Nguyen Duc Thuy Dung (Nga's close friend). In the last transfer in November 2013, Nga wrote a confirmation that she had received 16.5 billion VND from Mr. My to buy a house.

After 30 days, because Nga did not contact him to transfer the ownership of the house on Nguyen Trai Street, Mr. My went to investigate on his own. Realizing that he had been scammed, this tycoon demanded that Nga return the money. Because he could not contact Nga and Dung, Mr. My filed a complaint against Nga to the police.

It is alleged that Nga hired someone to pretend to be the seller of the house on Nguyen Trai Street and forged documents to prove that the house sale was real.

At the first trial in September 2016, Phuong Nga and Thuy Dung both stated that the money Mr. My gave Nga was to fulfill a "love contract" between Nga and Mr. My for 7 years.

Considering that there were still many things that needed to be clarified in the case, the Ho Chi Minh City People's Court returned the case file for further investigation. After further investigation, the Ho Chi Minh City People's Procuracy did not recognize the "love contract" between Nga and Mr. My, and continued to prosecute Truong Ho Phuong Nga for defrauding Mr. Cao Toan My of VND 16.5 billion.

The first instance trial on June 22 was presided over by Judge Vu Thanh Lam.

According to zing