Chief Accountant of Forestry Department "embezzled" public funds
Chief Accountant Huynh Ngoc Tuan colluded with treasurer Nguyen Thi Thanh Nguyen to "embezzle" billions of public funds to spend and throw into football betting, causing the Phu Yen Forest Protection Department to have no source of money to pay for a number of projects related to forest planning and protection activities.
On the afternoon of February 9, the Investigation Police Agency of Phu Yen Province issued a decision to prosecute and execute an order to temporarily detain Huynh Ngoc Tuan - Chief Accountant of Phu Yen Forest Protection Department for the crime of embezzlement of property under Clause 4, Article 353, Penal Code 2015.
Previously, at the end of the 2017 fiscal year, the Phu Yen Provincial Forest Protection Department discovered many unusual signs in the revenue and expenditure activities from the budget allocated to this agency during the year, so on January 29, 2017, a financial inspection team was established to review all related financial and accounting documents.
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| Investigators of the Phu Yen Police Department announced the decision to prosecute the accused and the order to temporarily detain Huynh Ngoc Tuan.Photo: TNO |
Through that, it was discovered that chief accountant Huynh Ngoc Tuan colluded with treasurer Nguyen Thi Thanh Nguyen to "embezzle" billions of public funds to spend and throw into football betting, causing the Phu Yen Forest Protection Department to have no source of money to pay for a number of projects related to forest planning and protection activities.
After the incident was exposed, on February 1, the Director of Phu Yen Forestry Sub-Department decided to temporarily suspend the work of Chief Accountant Huynh Ngoc Tuan, while Ms. Nguyen Thi Thanh Nguyen had retired under the regime for more than a year.
