Female director prosecuted for 'falsely' buying and selling invoices worth 730 billion VND

The Investigation Security Agency, Ha Nam Provincial Police, said it has initiated a case of "Illegal printing and trading of invoices" and "Tax evasion” occurred in Ha Nam province; issued a decision to prosecute Le Thi Hau (born in 1980), residing in Ngoc Dong residential group, Hoang Dong ward, Duy Tien town, Ha Nam province and 12 other defendants to investigate the act of illegally selling 1,500 VAT invoices to more than 300 units and individuals in many provinces and cities with a total amount of goods and services recorded on the invoices of about 730 billion VND.

The investigation determined that Le Thi Hau, Director of Thinh Vuong Transportation and Foundation Treatment Company Limited, and her husband, Director of Thinh Vuong Construction and Concrete Trading Joint Stock Company (headquartered in Ngoc Dong residential group, Hoang Dong ward, Duy Tien town, Ha Nam province), operate in the field of manufacturing and constructing concrete piles and commercial concrete.

In recent years, in addition to actual business activities, Hau has purchased invoices from "ghost" companies or asked others to establish many companies in their names to illegally issue input VAT invoices for 2 companies of which Hau and his wife are directors, Thinh Vuong Foundation Treatment and Transportation Company Limited, Thinh Vuong Construction and Concrete Trading Joint Stock Company, and illegally sold to more than 300 units and individuals in many provinces and cities: Ha Nam, Hanoi, Hai Phong, Quang Ninh, Hai Duong, Hoa Binh, ... with a total of 1,500 VAT invoices and a total amount of goods and services up to 730 billion VND.

To commit the crime, Le Thi Hau directed her employees and asked her relatives to open many accounts at different banks to transfer money back and forth between accounts in the process of "money transfer" to legalize "fake" VAT invoices. Currently, the Investigation Security Agency, Ha Nam Provincial Police have seized many documents and evidence of the case and continue to coordinate with related units to urgently investigate and expand the case. This is the largest case of illegal purchase and sale of invoices and tax evasion in Ha Nam province to date.

Recognizing this outstanding achievement of the Ha Nam Provincial Police, on March 23, on behalf of the Central Public Security Party Committee and the leadership of the Ministry of Public Security, Senior Lieutenant General Luong Tam Quang - Member of the Central Party Committee, Deputy Minister of Public Security sent a letter of commendation to the Director of the Ha Nam Provincial Police.