Nghe An: Former female deputy bank manager defrauded more than 47 billion VND

On April 26, Nghe An Provincial People's Court opened the first instance trial of defendant Nguyen Thi Kieu Nga (41 years old), residing in Ha Huy Tap ward, Vinh city, for the crime of "Fraudulent appropriation of property".

Nguyen Thi Kieu Nga was formerly Deputy Head of Retail Customer Management Department at a large bank in the province.

Since 2022, due to business losses and inability to pay debts, Nga came up with the idea of ​​defrauding and appropriating the assets of many people.

The trick of this female bank employee was to provide false information about the loan to confirm the account balance and prove the financial status of Nga's husband's company.

Besides, Nguyen Thi Kieu Nga also provided information about forging deed for banks to trick many people into borrowing money.

By the above tricks, in a short time, Nga has appropriated more than 47 billion VND from 4 victims in Nghe An. Among them, there is a victim who, because of trust, has lent Nga money many times. The total amount of money that Nga has appropriated from this person is nearly 24 billion VND.

After a period of unsuccessful debt collection, the victims filed a complaint against Nga to the police. On August 2, 2023, Nguyen Thi Kieu Nga was temporarily detained by the Nghe An Provincial Police Investigation Agency.

At the witness stand, the defendant admitted to the crime as charged in the indictment. Nga said that because of a business loss, she had swindled money from one person to pay another.

When questioned by the jury about his debts, the defendant stated that he had been defrauded of tens of billions of dong by others due to his speculative real estate investment in Phu Quoc. However, he could not provide any legal documents to prove that he had been defrauded.

At the trial, the defendant apologized to the victims and asked the panel of judges to consider reducing his sentence.

After a comprehensive review of the case, the panel sentenced defendant Nguyen Thi Kieu Nga to life in prison for fraud and appropriation of property. Regarding the civil part, the court ordered the defendant to return the money she had appropriated to the victims.