Former deputy head of bank department swindled tens of billions of dong
Due to business losses, Nguyen Thi KN - Deputy Head of Retail Customer Management Department of a large bank with a branch in Nghe An, defrauded and appropriated more than 47 billion VND. Nga lied that she needed the money to reverse a bank contract, but in fact it was to pay off debts and spend.
On January 6, Nghe An Provincial People's Court opened the first instance trial of defendant Nguyen Thi KN (born 1984), residing in Ha Huy Tap ward, Vinh city, for the crime of "Fraudulent appropriation of property”.
Nguyen Thi KN was formerly Deputy Head of Retail Customer Management at a echo The company has a branch in Nghe An.
According to the indictment, since 2022, due to business losses and the inability to pay debts, Nga had the intention of defrauding and appropriating the assets of many people.
This bank officer provided false information about the loan to confirm the account balance, prove the financial status of N.’s husband’s private company; and reversed the deed for the bank to approach many people. For each customer, N. promised to pay attractive interest and only borrow for a short period of time.
Using the above tricks, N. defrauded and appropriated 4 victims with a total amount of more than 47 billion VND. Of which, the person defrauded the most was Ms. Duong Thi TL (born in 1978, residing in Vinh City) with an amount of nearly 24 billion VND.
After a period of debt collection without success, the victims filed a complaint against N. to the police. On August 2, 2023, Nguyen Thi KN was temporarily detained by the police.
At the trial, the defendant admitted to the crime as charged in the indictment. The defendant stated that due to a loss in business investment, he had borrowed money from one person to pay another. The defendant's telling the victims that he borrowed money to reverse the bank contract was a lie.
When questioned by the court about his debts, the defendant stated that he had once “surfed” real estate in Phu Quoc and several other places. During his business, he had been swindled out of tens of billions of dong by others. However, the defendant did not provide any evidence for his statement.
The victims came to court to request the defendant to return the money to them. At this time, the defendant promised to try to influence relatives and family to remedy the consequences for the victims.
After 1 day of trial, the panel of judges decided to temporarily suspend the trial to verify further information that the defendant claimed to have paid money to a victim.