School principal prosecuted for receiving over 1 billion VND in job placement scams.
Despite his inability to secure jobs, Mr. Huynh Be still received billions of dong from many people.
On September 1st, the Krông Pắk District Police (Đắk Lắk) announced that they had transferred the case file of Huỳnh Bê, former principal of Ngô Mây Secondary School in Vụ Bổn commune, who allegedly defrauded over 1 billion VND in job placement fees, to the Criminal Investigation Department of the Đắk Lắk Provincial Police for further investigation within their jurisdiction.
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| A handwritten note from Mr. Huynh Be stating "I need to borrow money". |
Despite receiving money from Ms. Long, Mr. Huynh Be failed to secure a job for her and did not return the money.
During the investigation, Huynh Be also confessed that from 2013 to 2017, he received a total of 890 million VND to bribe officials to secure jobs for 11 other people. Of these, 8 cases involved promises of employment as state-employed teachers.
And there were three instances where people were promised contract teaching positions at the school where Mr. Be was the principal. However, Huynh Be was unable to secure these positions for any of the eleven individuals.
The Krông Pắk District Police also received complaints from six other individuals totaling over 1 billion VND. However, Huỳnh Bê claimed that he only borrowed money from these people as a matter of course and that it was not related to job applications.