Prosecution of former Commune Chairman and Accountant for appropriating forest protection money
To have money to spend on hospitality activities, the Chairman of Ia Rve commune directed the accountant to create fake documents and forge other people's signatures to appropriate money for forest protection patrol activities.
On May 31, information from the Dak Lak Provincial Police Investigation Agency said that the unit has just issued a decision to prosecute and temporarily detain Le Van Hoang Lam (born in 1985, former Chairman of the People's Committee of Ia Rve Commune, Ea Sup District) and Nguyen Chau Xa (born in 1981, former budget accountant of Ia Rve Commune) to investigate the act of "Taking advantage of position and power while performing official duties".
According to the investigation, during his tenure, in order to have money to spend on guest reception activities of the Ia Rve Commune People's Committee when the commune did not have a legal source of funding, Le Van Hoang Lam directed Nguyen Chau Xa to create fake documents and forge signatures of people on the patrol list to pay for patrol and forest protection work.
These fake documents were used to appropriate the State budget allocated for forest protection activities in 2020, 2021 and 2022 with a total amount of 142.5 million VND.
Dak Lak Provincial Police Investigation Agency continues to expand the case, clarify the responsibilities of related individuals to strictly handle them in accordance with the provisions of law.
