Nghe An: Bank employee who embezzled more than 40 billion VND turns himself in
(Baonghean.vn) - According to Nghe An newspaper, Nguyen Thi Lam (former cashier of Do Luong transaction office of EximBank Nghe An branch), who appropriated over 40 billion VND from customers, turned herself in on September 21, 2016.
Previously, Nguyen Thi Lam (born in 1987, hometown Yen Huong, Yen Son, Do Luong), a former cashier at the Do Luong transaction office of EximBank Nghe An branch, took advantage of her position and acquaintances, through transactions between customers and Eximbank, to forge signatures and create documents to withdraw money from customers with an amount of over 40 billion VND.
On September 19, 2016, the case was prosecuted for the crime of abuse of trust to appropriate property as prescribed in Article 140 of the 1999 Penal Code.
Currently, the authorities are expanding the investigation into the case to clarify the actions of the subjects involved.
Article 140. Crime of abuse of trust to appropriate property 1. A person who commits one of the following acts of appropriating another person's property worth from one million VND to less than fifty million VND or less than one million VND but causing serious consequences or has been administratively sanctioned for the act of appropriation or has been convicted of the crime of appropriation of property, has not had his/her criminal record expunged and continues to commit the violation, shall be subject to non-custodial reform for up to three years or imprisonment from three months to three years: a) Borrowing, renting, or leasing other people's property or receiving other people's property through contracts and then using fraudulent means or absconding to appropriate that property; b) Borrowing, renting, or leasing other people's property or receiving other people's property by contract and using that property for illegal purposes, resulting in the inability to return the property. 2. Committing a crime in one of the following cases shall be punishable by imprisonment from two to seven years: a) Organized; b) Taking advantage of position, power or taking advantage of the name of an agency or organization; c) Using cunning tricks; d) Appropriating property worth from over fifty million VND to under two hundred million VND; d) Dangerous recidivism; e) Causing serious consequences. 3. Committing a crime in one of the following cases shall be punishable by imprisonment from seven to fifteen years: a) Appropriation of property worth from two hundred million VND to less than five hundred million VND; b) Causing very serious consequences. 4. Committing a crime in one of the following cases shall be punishable by imprisonment from twelve to twenty years or life imprisonment: a) Appropriation of property worth five hundred million VND or more; b) Causing particularly serious consequences. 5. The offender may also be fined from ten million to one hundred million dong, banned from holding positions, practicing a profession or doing certain jobs from one to five years and have part or all of his/her property confiscated or one of these two penalties. |
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