Bank employee defrauds customers, embezzling 16 billion VND.
Taking advantage of loopholes in the bank's system and the trust of customers, Binh tricked borrowers into signing blank loan application forms in order to embezzle approximately 16 billion VND.
NOn August 24th, the Nam Dinh Provincial Police issued a decision to initiate a criminal case, indict the suspect, and temporarily detain Doan Thanh Binh (33 years old, residing in Giao An commune, Giao Thuy district, Nam Dinh province) for the act of abusing his position and authority to misappropriate property.
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| Doan Thanh Binh at the police station. |
According to the initial investigation, Binh was a customer relations employee at VietinBank's Nam Dinh province branch. Taking advantage of loopholes in the bank's system and the trust of customers, Binh enticed borrowers to sign blank loan application forms in advance.
Subsequently, Binh fabricated the content and amounts on the aforementioned documents and requested the bank to disburse the money in order to embezzle it.
Using this method, Binh embezzled approximately 16 billion VND related to 20 loan applications from customers.
After his arrest, Binh confessed that he used the stolen money to pay off debts from football betting, gambling, playing games, and for personal expenses.
