Prosecution of the Chairman of the Veterans Association for abuse of trust and appropriation of property
(Baonghean.vn) - Taking advantage of people's trust and using his position as Chairman of the Veterans Association as a cover, Moong Van Tinh defrauded and appropriated property from many villagers.
On May 22, 2019, the Investigation Police Agency of Ky Son district issued a decision to prosecute the case, prosecute the accused Moong Van Tinh (born in 1975), residing in Luu Tien village, Chieu Luu commune, Ky Son district, holding the position of Chairman of the Veterans Association of Chieu Luu commune for the act of "Abuse of trust to appropriate property", prescribed in Article 140 of the 1999 Penal Code.
Accordingly, on May 8, 2019, the Investigation Police Agency of Ky Son District Police received a complaint from Mr. Xeo Van Toan (born in 1975), residing in Luu Tien village, Chieu Luu commune, Ky Son district, accusing Moong Van Tinh of appropriating 48,500,000 VND from Ms. Lu Thi Thuy (born in 1982), wife of Mr. Xeo Van Toan.
Previously, around April 2016, Lu Thi Thuy was prosecuted by the Investigation Police of Tuong Duong District for "Human Trafficking". On May 1, 2016, Moong Van Tinh called Ms. Thuy to his house to discuss, where Ms. Thuy gave Tinh 500,000 VND to buy beer. After drinking beer, Ms. Thuy asked Tinh to ask for a reduced sentence, Tinh asked for 30 million VND to take care of things. Ms. Thuy agreed and gave 30 million VND to Tinh.
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| Moong Van Tinh at the investigation agency. Photo: Quynh Trang |
A few days later, Tinh called Thuy again to prepare another 18 million VND, of which 10 million VND was for Thuy's affairs, and the remaining 8 million VND was borrowed from him personally. Thuy agreed to give him the money.
On September 22, 2016, the People's Court of Nghe An province tried the case of "Human trafficking" related to Lu Thi Thuy. In the verdict, Lu Thi Thuy was sentenced to 4 years in prison but did not have to serve the sentence because she was raising a child under 36 months old. After returning to her hometown, Thuy went to Tinh's house to ask why he did not take care of her after receiving the money, but Moong Van Tinh showed a defiant attitude and threatened Thuy.
On May 17, 2019, the Investigation Police Agency of Ky Son district continued to receive a complaint from Ms. Xeo Thi Tien (born in 1982), residing in Luu Tien village, Chieu Luu commune, Ky Son district, accusing Moong Van Tinh of appropriating 15 million VND.
Accordingly, around October 2018, Moong Van Tinh came to Xeo Thi Tien's house and asked, "If the family wants to take Xeo Thi Tien back, give me 15 million VND." Because Xeo Thi Tien had previously gone to work and had an accident in China, so Tien's husband, Oc Van Long, gave Tinh 15 million VND and asked him to take his wife back. But when he arrived in China, when he met Tien at the hospital, Moong Van Tinh only threatened Tien and did not take her back to Vietnam. Around November 2018, Xeo Thi Tien was brought back to her hometown by the Vietnamese police in coordination with the Chinese police.
At the Ky Son District Police Department, Moong Van Tinh initially showed an uncooperative attitude and denied his crime. However, through concrete evidence and sharp arguments from the investigator, the subject had to bow his head and admit all his actions.
On May 22, 2019, the Investigation Police Agency of Ky Son district issued a decision to prosecute the case and prosecute the defendant Moong Van Tinh for the act of "Abuse of trust to appropriate property", prescribed in Article 140 of the 1999 Penal Code.
After issuing an arrest warrant for the suspect, Ky Son District Police searched the suspect's residence and workplace and discovered a number of documents and books related to the case and the suspect's loan sharking.
