Bank employee defrauded customer, embezzled 16 billion VND
Taking advantage of the bank's loopholes and the trust of customers, Binh lured borrowers at the bank to sign blank loan application documents in advance to embezzle about 16 billion VND.
NOn August 24, Nam Dinh Provincial Police issued a decision to prosecute the case, prosecute the accused and temporarily detain Doan Thanh Binh (33 years old, in Giao An commune, Giao Thuy district, Nam Dinh province) for the act of abusing position and power to appropriate property.
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Doan Thanh Binh at the police station. |
According to the initial investigation, Binh was a customer relations officer at VietinBank, Nam Dinh branch. Taking advantage of the bank's loopholes and the trust of customers, Binh lured borrowers at the bank to sign in advance on loan application documents with blank content.
Then, Binh drafted the content and amount of money on the above documents, and at the same time requested the bank to disburse the money to appropriate.
With this trick, Binh appropriated about 16 billion VND related to 20 customer loan applications.
After being arrested, Binh confessed to using the embezzled money to pay off debts from football betting, gambling, gaming and personal expenses.