Mr. Cao Toan My had 2.5 billion recovered in Phuong Nga case
Ho Chi Minh City police recovered the money previously given to Mr. My - considered evidence in the case when confiscated from Nguyen Duc Thuy Dung.
Ho Chi Minh City police have just decided to temporarily detain objects and documents related to the case of Truong Ho Phuong Nga (31 years old, Miss Vietnam in Russia) and Nguyen Duc Thuy Dung (29 years old) accused of defrauding 16.5 billion VND from Mr. Cao Toan My.
Accordingly, more than 2.5 billion VND that Mr. My had previously returned has been revoked. This move was made by the investigation agency at the request of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Court - when returning the case file for further investigation in the middle of last year.
This amount of money appeared during the investigation of the case. In her 2015 self-declaration, Dung was said to have "admitted to receiving 9.5 billion VND from Mr. My". Dung used a savings book of more than 2.5 billion VND (held by the police when she was arrested) to pay Mr. My. In addition, she was said to have "asked the investigating agency to notify her family to support and pay the remaining amount".
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Cao Toan My in the trial of Miss Phuong Nga accused of fraud. Photo:Quynh Tran. |
Truong Ho Phuong Nga won the Miss Vietnam in Russia title in 2007. She met Cao Toan My and was accused by this tycoon of defrauding her of 16.5 billion VND by luring her into buying a cheap house. The investigation agency prosecuted and arrested Nga and her close friend Thuy Dung as accomplices.
During her trial last September, Phuong Nga surprised everyone when she first confirmed that there was no real estate transaction between her and the American tycoon. The two were in a relationship and the 16.5 billion VND she received was a romantic agreement between the two parties over 7 years.
When the two had a conflict, Mr. My wanted to get his money back. Nga accused My of violating the marriage regime, while he accused her of borrowing money and not paying it back, then changed to accusing her of being tricked into buying a cheap house... During the investigation, Nga remained silent about the accusations, not daring to tell the truth because "the investigator was not objective", waiting for the day of the trial to speak.
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Phuong Nga and Thuy Dung in the previous trial. Photo:Quynh Tran. |
At the end of June 2017, after many days of trial, the Ho Chi Minh City People's Court stated that the case had many new details that refuted the indictment against Phuong Nga, so it decided to release her and Thuy Dung on bail. The panel also returned the case file, requesting the investigation agency to clarify the conflicting details and the basis for charging the two girls.
More than 3 months ago, Ho Chi Minh City Police decided to resume investigation of the case.Fraudulent appropriation of property, resumed the investigation of the accused Phuong Nga and Thuy Dung. Phuong Nga filed a petition to reject the lawyers who defended her in the previous phase, leaving only lawyer Pham Cong Hung (former judge of the Supreme People's Court in Ho Chi Minh City) to defend her this time.
