Nghe An: Life sentence for bank "beauty" who embezzled more than 50 billion VND
(Baonghean.vn) - Nguyen Thi Lam - former employee of Eximbank Do Luong branch (Nghe An) has just been sentenced to life in prison for "Fraudulent appropriation of property".
On the afternoon of July 16, after a long deliberation, the People's Court of Nghe An province sentenced defendant Nguyen Thi Lam (born in 1987), former employee of the Do Luong Transaction Office, branch of the Vietnam Export Import Commercial Joint Stock Bank (Eximbank) in Vinh City, to life in prison for the crime of "Fraudulent appropriation of property".
Defendant Dang Dinh Hong (born in 1973, former Director of Eximbank Do Luong Transaction Office) was sentenced to 5 years in prison for "Intentionally violating State regulations on economic management, causing serious consequences".
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| Defendant Nguyen Thi Lam and defendant Dang Dinh Hong at the trial on July 16. Photo: Phuong Thao |
Thirteen other defendants, former employees of the Eximbank Do Luong transaction office and the Eximbank Vinh branch credit office, were sentenced to prison for "Intentionally violating State regulations on economic management causing serious consequences" but were given suspended sentences. Only defendant Bui Van Truong (born in 1974) was exempted from punishment.
Regarding civil compensation, the defendant Nguyen Thi Lam was ordered to compensate Eximbank 17 billion 594 million 550 thousand VND and pay the first instance civil court fee of 125 million 590 thousand VND. The panel also ordered the seizure of the defendant Nguyen Thi Lam's land in Hamlet 6, Nghi Kim Commune, Vinh City with an area of 611 square meters.
Vietnam Export Import Commercial Joint Stock Bank (Eximbank) must also be responsible for paying customers for amounts due to errors on the bank's part.
In this case, according to the indictment of the People's Procuracy of Nghe An province, from 2012 to 2016, Nguyen Thi Lam took advantage of customers' trust, deceived customers into signing payment orders, signed fake payment authorizations, and payment statements, appropriating more than 50 billion VND.
Lam's actions have dragged 15 colleagues into the "incident". 15 officers and employees of Eximbank were prosecuted for the crime of "Intentionally violating State regulations on economic management causing serious consequences", including Dang Dinh Hong (born in 1973, former Director of Eximbank Do Luong Transaction Office).
