Nghe An: Bank employee who embezzled over 40 billion VND turns himself in.
(Baonghean.vn) - According to sources from Baonghean.vn, Nguyen Thi Lam (formerly a cashier at the Do Luong transaction office of EximBank's Nghe An branch), who embezzled over 40 billion VND from customers, surrendered on September 21, 2016.
Previously, Nguyen Thi Lam (born in 1987, from Yen Huong, Yen Son, Do Luong), a former teller at the Do Luong branch of EximBank in Nghe An, took advantage of her position and acquaintances to forge signatures and create fraudulent documents to withdraw over 40 billion VND from customers' accounts.
On September 19, 2016, the case was initiated for the crime of abuse of trust to misappropriate property as stipulated in Article 140 of the 1999 Penal Code.
The case is currently under expanded investigation by the authorities to clarify the actions of the individuals involved.
Article 140. Crime of abuse of trust to misappropriate property 1. Any person who commits one of the following acts of appropriating another person's property with a value ranging from one million dong to less than fifty million dong, or less than one million dong but causing serious consequences, or who has been administratively sanctioned for the act of appropriation, or who has been convicted of the crime of property appropriation and whose criminal record has not been expunged but continues to violate the law, shall be punished with non-custodial correctional measures for up to three years or imprisonment from three months to three years: a) Borrowing, renting, or receiving property from another person through contractual agreements, and then using fraudulent means or absconding to misappropriate that property; b) Borrowing, renting, or receiving property from another person through contractual agreements and using that property for illegal purposes, resulting in the inability to return the property. 2. Committing an offense falling under one of the following circumstances shall be punishable by imprisonment from two to seven years: a) Organized; b) Abusing one's position, authority, or the name of an agency or organization; c) Using deceitful tactics; d) Appropriating property valued from over fifty million dong to under two hundred million dong; d) Dangerous recidivism; e) Causing serious consequences. 3. Committing an offense falling under one of the following circumstances shall be punishable by imprisonment from seven to fifteen years: a) Appropriating property valued from two hundred million dong to less than five hundred million dong; b) Causing very serious consequences. 4. Committing an offense falling under one of the following circumstances shall be punishable by imprisonment from twelve to twenty years or life imprisonment: a) Appropriating property valued at five hundred million dong or more; b) Causing exceptionally serious consequences. 5. Offenders may also be fined from ten million dong to one hundred million dong, prohibited from holding office, prohibited from practicing a profession or performing certain work for one to five years, and have part or all of their property confiscated, or be subject to one of these two penalties. |
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