Middle school accountant embezzled students' health insurance money
Receiving more than 455 million VND in health insurance money from 523 students, the accountant of the Secondary School only paid more than 264 million VND from 201 students, the remaining amount was appropriated and used for personal expenses.
The Investigation Police Agency of Phu Tho Province Police has issued a decision to initiate criminal proceedings, prosecute the accused and issue an arrest warrant to temporarily detain Tran Tuan Phuong (born in 1990, address Van Phu 1 area, Cam Khe town, Cam Khe district), accountant of Ngo Xa Secondary School (Cam Khe district, Phu Tho province) for the act of "Abusing position and power to appropriate property".
Previously, through the work of grasping the local situation, the Internal Political Security Department, Phu Tho Provincial Police discovered that Ngo Xa Secondary School had signs of appropriating health insurance money of many students, with an amount of up to hundreds of millions of VND.
Considering that the violation directly affects the rights, medical examination and treatment of many students of Ngo Xa Secondary School, causing outrage among parents and public opinion; with the spirit of "not leaving any vacant area, not interrupting work" in the process of arranging administrative units and implementing a 2-level local government, Major General Nguyen Minh Tuan, Director of Phu Tho Provincial Police, has directed the Investigation Police Agency (Economic Police Department) to coordinate with the Internal Political Security Department, Phu Tho Provincial Police to urgently conduct investigation and verification.
The investigation results determined that in early October 2024, Ngo Xa Secondary School started collecting health insurance money for the 2024-2025 school year from 523 students, with an amount of more than 455 million VND. The above amount was transferred to Phuong to pay to the social insurance of Cam Khe district. During this process, Phuong only paid more than 264 million VND from 201 students; the remaining amount of about more than 190 million VND from 322 students was appropriated and used for personal expenses. However, to separate the number of students Phuong paid insurance money from and the number of students whose health insurance money was appropriated by Phuong will require a lot of time to clarify.
Based on the results of the investigation and the information reported by the press, on June 28, the Investigation Police Agency, Phu Tho Provincial Police initiated a criminal case, prosecuted the accused and issued an arrest warrant to temporarily detain Phuong for the act of "Abusing position and power to appropriate property".
The case is currently being further investigated by the investigation agency. Through the above incident, the Public Security Agency recommends that management agencies and educational institutions need to strengthen inspection, review, and promptly detect violations related to financial collection and expenditure to strictly handle according to regulations, so as not to negatively affect the reputation of the education sector.
