Prosecution of Chairman of Hai Ha Waterway Transport Company and 2 subordinates
The police agency determined that Ms. Tran Tuyet Mai, Chairwoman and General Director of Hai Ha Waterway Transport Company, directed employees to commit illegal acts, causing damage to the State of more than 310 billion VND.
On the evening of January 23, the Ministry of Public Security announced that it had prosecuted and temporarily detained Ms. Tran Tuyet Mai, Chairwoman of the Board of Directors and General Director of Hai Ha Waterway Transport Company Limited; prosecuted and banned Le Thi Hue, Chief Accountant of Hai Ha Company, from leaving her place of residence for violating regulations on management and use of State assets causing loss and waste and violating regulations on accounting causing serious consequences.
In addition, the Ministry of Public Security also prosecuted and temporarily detained Nguyen Thi Ngoc Anh (in charge of the General Department of Hai Ha Company) for violating accounting regulations causing serious consequences.
According to the police agency, the initial investigation determined that the defendant Tuyet Mai directed employees to perform the following acts: Not depositing the amount of money set aside for the Price Stabilization Fund (BOG) into the deposit account as prescribed, using the BOG Fund money contrary to the law, causing a loss of State assets of over 317 billion VND; Establishing and using 2 accounting systems, making false statements, leaving them out of the accounting books, not declaring and paying environmental protection tax on over 3.8 million liters of A95 gasoline sold in 2020, causing (temporary) damage to the State budget of over 15 billion VND.
After a period of investigation to clarify the case, on January 9, the Police Department for Investigation of Crimes of Corruption, Economy, and Smuggling simultaneously conducted emergency searches of 5 locations including offices, petroleum storage facilities, and residences of related subjects in Thai Binh province and Hanoi; confiscated many documents, machinery, electronic equipment, vehicles transporting petroleum, and more than 1.2 million liters of DO oil, 101,416 liters of A95 gasoline, and 129,788 liters of A92 gasoline.
The Ministry of Public Security's Investigation Police Agency is focusing on investigating and clarifying the nature, roles, and criminal acts of the suspects and related subjects to expand the investigation, clarify the nature of the case, and thoroughly recover assets for the State.
