Ministry of Public Security searched Eximbank in Ho Chi Minh City
Two female officers and many boxes of documents were taken away from the Eximbank branch in District 1 by a working group of the Ministry of Public Security.
Around noon on March 26, many officers from the Ministry of Public Security and the People's Procuracy arrived at the Eximbank headquarters on Dong Khoi Street, District 1.
After nearly two hours of work, the authorities took out several boxes of documents. Two officers from Eximbank’s customer service department, Ho Thi Thuy and Nguyen Thi Thi, were handcuffed and taken to the car.
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Police searched Eximbank Ho Chi Minh City. Photo:Quoc Thang. |
Thuy and Thi are said to have committed wrongdoings related to the case.Fraudulent appropriation of propertyMr. Le Nguyen Hung (former Deputy Director of Eximbank, Ho Chi Minh City branch) was accused. However, the Ministry of Public Security has not yet made an official announcement about this matter.
Previously, at the end of February, Mr. Hung was internationally wanted by the Ministry of Public Security for creating fake documents, withdrawing money and appropriating hundreds of billions of dong from Eximbank's Ho Chi Minh City branch.
The move comes as authorities investigate herChu Thi Binh(aquaculture industry tycoon) discovered that 245 billion VND was missing from Eximbank Ho Chi Minh City while she still kept the savings.
According to the initial investigation, since 2007, Ms. Binh has deposited a large amount of money at Eximbank, and the bank has taken care of her according to VIP customer standards. Mr. Le Nguyen Hung (Deputy Branch Director) directly conducted transactions with her. He and his staff have visited Ms. Binh's home many times to present the amounts that have been settled based on the deposit term.
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Police took away two suspects and documents. Photo:Quoc Thang. |
However, Mr. Hung is said to have falsified Ms. Binh's documents to withdraw money from her account that had not yet reached the maturity date, then deposited it into the account that had already reached the maturity date. In this way, he had appropriated a huge amount of money from the bank over a long period of time.
At the end of 2017, suspecting that she had been scammed, Ms. Binh checked her savings account balance with the bank and discovered a deficit of more than 245 billion. At this time, Le Nguyen Hung had fled abroad.