Female director created fake documents to embezzle assets

Taking advantage of his position and power, Nhi created false accounting records and documents for expenditures to embezzle state budget money.

On September 6, the People's Court of Quang Tri province opened a first-instance criminal trial of defendant Nguyen Thi Phuong Nhi (44 years old, residing in Tan Le village, Hai Le commune, Quang Tri town).

According to the indictment, Nguyen Thi Phuong Nhi is the Chairwoman and Director of Hoa Nhi One Member Co., Ltd. (abbreviated as Hoa Nhi Company), established in 2009 and located in Tan Le village, Hai Le commune. The company specializes in livestock farming, trading in feed and raw materials for livestock and poultry, and general trading.

Nguyen Thi Phuong Nhi at the trial on September 6

In 2011, the People's Committee of Quang Tri province proposed the Ministry of Science and Technology to consider, approve and assign Hoa Nhi Company to be the project owner "Application of advanced technology to serve the development of industrial pig farming in Quang Tri province".

In 2012, Hoa Nhi Company was assigned to implement the project "Building a model of applying advanced technology in industrial-scale pig farming in Quang Tri province" under the Program "Supporting the application and transfer of scientific and technological advances to serve the socio-economic development of rural and mountainous areas in the period 2011-2015" of the Ministry of Science and Technology with a total budget of 8 billion VND.

During the implementation of the Project, Nguyen Thi Phuong Nhi took advantage of her position and authority to create false accounting records and documents for expenses for purchasing breeding pigs, paying labor and other expenses of the project to appropriate VND 913,600,000 from the State budget.

The jury sentenced defendant Nguyen Thi Phuong Nhi to 15 years in prison for “embezzlement of property” and ordered her to pay VND833,600,000 in compensation to the Office of the Rural and Mountainous Areas Program. The defendant has paid VND80 million to help remedy the consequences./.

According to VOV