Blocking 5,000 billion VND in Tan Hoang Minh case, Dong Nai General Hospital

On the afternoon of October 1, at the regular Government press conference, Lieutenant General To An Xo, Chief of Office and spokesman of the Ministry of Public Security, said that this seizure and blockade will help ensure State assets are secured.

The Department of Investigation Police on Corruption, Economic Crimes, and Smuggling (C03) determined that from July 2021 to March 2022, Mr. Do Anh Dung (Chairman of the Board of Directors and General Director of Tan Hoang Minh Company) and his accomplices used the legal entities of Ngoi Sao Viet Real Estate Investment Company Limited, Soleil Hotel Investment & Services Joint Stock Company, and Winter Palace Joint Stock Company to commit fraudulent acts in the issuance and trading of bonds. Mr. Do Anh Dung, his son Do Hoang Viet and four others were prosecuted and temporarily detained for the act of Fraud.island of appropriation of property.

Police accused Tan Hoang Minh of issuing nine bonds, worth a total of VND10,300 billion, to illegally raise money from investors, but did not use it for business activities according to the bond issuance documents.

Regarding the case at Dong Nai General Hospital, at the end of April, Mr. Phan Huy Anh Vu, Director of Dong Nai Department of Health and Ms. Nguyen Thi Thanh Nhan, former Chairwoman of AIC, were prosecuted by C03 and issued a decision to temporarily detain them. Mr. Vu and Ms. Nhan were prosecuted for criminal liability for the crime ofViolation of bidding regulations causes serious consequences.

The Dong Nai General Hospital construction investment project was approved by the Provincial People's Committee for adjustment with a total investment of 1,904 billion VND, assigning Dong Nai General Hospital as the investor.

C03 accused that there were violations in the process of preparing project adjustment documents and bidding documents for 12 medical equipment procurement packages in the 2013-2015 period. Officials from the investor, AIC, the project consulting unit, the bidding documents, and the price appraisal unit "colluded and inflated prices" so that AIC won 12 packages with a total value of 476.87 billion VND. This act was determined to have caused damage to state assets, initially concluded at about 152 billion VND.

Lieutenant General To An Xo - Chief of Office, Spokesperson of the Ministry of Public Security. Photo: Nhat Bac

According to the spokesperson of the Ministry of Public Security, the cases under the supervision and direction of the Central Steering Committee on Anti-Corruption and Anti-Negative Affairs such as Viet A, the rescue flight, the case at AIC International Progress Joint Stock Company..., the Ministry of Public Security still focuses its investigation forces, ensuring the right progress, not letting criminals escape, not wrongfully convicting innocent people.

In the Viet A case, up to now, the Ministry of Public Security's investigation agency has prosecuted and applied preventive measures to 28 defendants; in the Consular Department case, 21 defendants; and in the Tan Hoang Minh case, 7 defendants.

"The Ministry will continue to expand the investigation," General Xo said. These cases are mostly economic cases. During the prosecution process, the Ministry of Public Security focuses on investigating and verifying the financial sources, money sources, and assets of the suspects. When the case is prosecuted, these assets and money sources are frozen and seized.

In the past 7 months, since the Viet A case was exposed, C03 and local police have prosecuted more than 90 people. Initially, the investigation agency determined that Viet A inflated the price of equipment and input materials to increase the price of Covid-19 test kits. Of the revenue of about 4,000 billion VND, Viet A paid "commissions" to units and individuals of nearly 800 billion VND.