Female accountant arrested for embezzling nearly 1 billion VND from the company
Tran Kim Phuoc is an accountant who forged the application form to open a bank account during the process of paying salaries to employees. Phuoc added fake information and account numbers to the salary recipient list, embezzling nearly 1 billion VND from the company.
On September 10, the Investigation Police Agency of Binh Duong Province Police issued a decision to prosecute and temporarily detain Tran Kim Phuoc (born in 1985, residing in Hiep Thanh Ward, Thu Dau Mot City, Binh Duong Province) to investigate the act offraud and appropriation of property
According to the initial investigation results, Tran Kim Phuoc worked as chief accountant at WJ Company from April 2016 to July 2021. During his tenure in this position, Phuoc took advantage of his position to commit fraudulent acts in order to appropriate the company's assets.
Specifically, Phuoc forged a bank account registration form during the process of paying salaries to employees. After the payroll was approved by the company director, Phuoc added fake information and account numbers to the payroll list, tricking the director into signing off on the transfer.
With this trick, Tran Kim Phuoc appropriated more than 945 million VND from WJ company for many years.
The case is currently under investigation by the police.