Prosecution of director of company producing fake functional foods, earning thousands of billions of dong

Phu Tho Provincial Police have just cracked down on a case of manufacturing, trading in banned goods and forging documents of agencies and organizations; using fake documents of agencies and organizations that occurred in Phu Tho province and other provinces and cities related to Santex Pharmaceutical Joint Stock Company (Thanh Oai Industrial Park, Hanoi).

Up to now, the investigation agency hasprosecute the case, prosecuted 6 defendants, including Le Van Hieu (Director of Santex Pharmaceutical Joint Stock Company) and Do Van Cuong (Director of ROPTHAR Viet Herbal Medicine Company Limited).

Police also seized a large quantity of counterfeit goods, including nearly 12 million functional food pills of various types and nearly 77,000 liters of liquid solution.

Investigation results determined that from 2018 until the time of the raid, Hieu and Cuong and their accomplices produced and put on the market tens of millions of products that were functional foods and health protection foods with signs of counterfeit goods, illegally earning thousands of billions of dong.

In addition, Phu Tho Provincial Police also cracked down on a case of forging documents of agencies and organizations and producing and trading in counterfeit food products related to FUSI Pharmaceutical Company Limited.

From November 2020 to June 2025, FUSI Pharmaceutical Company Limited signed a contract to produce 37 types of health protection food products for Thao Nguyen Xanh Group Company Limited. The appraisal results showed that 14 products were fake health protection food products with a total value of over 875 million VND.

The Investigation Police Agency determined that FUSI Pharmaceutical Company Limited signed contracts to produce health protection foods for many companies with a total value of 137 billion VND.

In mid-July, the Investigation Police Agency prosecuted three suspects for forging documents of agencies and organizations and using forged documents of agencies and organizations.

31 types of health food products of Thao Nguyen Xanh Group Company Limited with a total quantity of over 716,000 film-coated tablets, 1,806 liters of liquid food, and over 31,700g of powder were temporarily seized.

Expanding the investigation of the case, the Investigation Police Agency decided to prosecute Duong Hung Thinh, Director of FUSI Pharmaceutical Company Limited, for the crime of producing and trading in counterfeit food products.

Phu Tho Provincial Police are expanding the investigation to clarify the case.