List of 16 defendants on trial in the case of Nghe An "beauty" who embezzled more than 50 billion VND

Previously, the People's Court of Nghe An province had to postpone the trial of the above case twice because on April 20, 2018, the People's Court of Nghe An province received a request to postpone the trial from Mr. Le Van Quyet - General Director of Vietnam Export Import Commercial Joint Stock Bank for the reason that April 26 was too close to the time Eximbank held its shareholders' meeting.

And on the morning of May 16, the trial was postponed due to the absence of a number of people with related rights and obligations.

Defendant Nguyen Thi Lam, former employee of the Do Luong Transaction Office, Vietnam Export Import Commercial Joint Stock Bank (Eximbank) branch in Vinh City. Photo: Khanh An.

According to the indictment of the People's Procuracy of Nghe An province, from 2012 to 2016, Nguyen Thi Lam took advantage of customers' trust, deceived customers into signing payment orders, signed fake payment authorizations, and payment statements.

Every time he needed a customer's signature, Lam used tricks like paying interest, bonuses to customers and mixing these procedures with documents such as: Payment orders, cash statements, payment authorizations for customers to sign for fictitious reasons. Then, Lam took them back to legalize withdrawals or money transfers.

There are also many cases where Lam forged customers' signatures and then took them to bank employees, lying that he would withdraw and transfer money on behalf of the customers.

Due to trust in Lam and with the loose direction and management of Dang Dinh Hong - former Director of Eximbank Do Luong Transaction Office, bank employees processed procedures for Lam to withdraw and transfer money even though the customer was holding the savings book and the customer was not present.

Using the above tricks, Lam withdrew deposits of 6 customers in Nghe An in the Eximbank banking system with a total amount of more than 50 billion VND.

The list of 16 defendants prosecuted includes:

1. Nguyen Thi Lam (31 years old, former employee of Do Luong Transaction Office, Eximbank branch in Vinh City). Nguyen Thi Lam was prosecuted for "fraudulent appropriation of property" (according to point a, clause 4, article 139, Penal Code 1999, prison term from 12 years to 20 years or life imprisonment).

2. Dang Dinh Hong (45 years old, former Director of Eximbank Do Luong Transaction Office; residing in Trang Son commune, Do Luong district).

3. Tran Kim Thoa (36 years old, former Deputy Head of Credit Department of Eximbank Vinh branch; residing in Cua Nam ward, Vinh city).

4. Ho Thanh Huyen (39 years old, former controller of Eximbank Vinh Branch, residing in Quang Trung ward, Vinh city).

5. Nguyen Thi Hien (32 years old, former controller of Eximbank Do Luong Transaction Office; residing in Truong Thi ward, Vinh city).

6. Dang Thi Thanh Huyen (34 years old, former controller of Eximbank Vinh Branch; residing in Hung Binh ward, Vinh city).

7. Nguyen Thi Huong Giang (34 years old, former teller of Eximbank Do Luong Transaction Office; residing in Hung Tay commune, Hung Nguyen district).

8. Nguyen Thi Hai Nga (35 years old, former transaction officer of Eximbank Vinh Branch; residing in Hung Phuc ward, Vinh city).

9. Nguyen Thi Trang (29 years old, former teller at Eximbank Vinh Branch; residing in Hung Loc commune, Vinh city).

10. Le Thi Thu Ha (32 years old, former teller at Eximbank Vinh Branch; residing in Hung Binh Ward, Vinh City).

11. Bui Nhu Chuong (30 years old, cashier of Eximbank Do Luong; residing in Duc Tho town, Ha Tinh).

12. Phan Thi Vinh (treasurer of Eximbank Vinh Branch; residing in Hung Binh Ward, Vinh City).

The above defendants committed the crime of "intentionally violating State regulations on economic management, causing serious consequences" (according to Clause 3, Article 165 of the 1999 Penal Code; prison sentence from 10 to 20 years).

13. Vuong Thi Ha (32 years old, former teller at Eximbank Vinh Branch; Hong Son Ward, Vinh City).

14. Tran Thi Hoai Thu (31 years old, former teller at Eximbank Vinh Branch; residing in Nghi Phu commune, Vinh city).

15. Hoang Anh Tuan (34 years old, treasury employee of Eximbank Vinh Branch; residing in Vinh Tan ward, Vinh city).

The defendants Vuong Thi Ha, Tran Thi Hoai Thu, and Hoang Anh Tuan were prosecuted for "intentionally violating State regulations on economic management, causing serious consequences" (according to the provisions of Point d, Clause 2, Article 165 of the 1999 Penal Code; imprisonment from 3 to 12 years).

16. Bui Van Truong (44 years old, former controller of Eximbank Do Luong Transaction Office; residing in Le Mao ward, Vinh city).

Bui Van Truong was prosecuted for "intentionally violating State regulations on economic management, causing serious consequences" (according to Clause 1, Article 165 of the 1999 Penal Code; the penalty ranges from non-custodial reform to 3 years or imprisonment from 1 to 5 years).

Khanh An