More directors of companies illegally trading invoices worth more than 200 billion VND were temporarily detained.
On March 21, the Police Agency informed about the results of expanding the investigation into the illegal trading of invoices in the city and provinces and cities across the country led by Hoang Dang Ngoc My Trang.
Ho Chi Minh City Police Department determined that from April 2017 to March 2023, to carry out the illegal purchase and sale of invoices, Hoang Dang Ngoc My Trang colluded with Hoang Ngoc Phuong Tran (Trang's younger sister) and other family members, using the identity cards and citizen identification cards of relatives or buying them illegally at pawnshops and buying back legal entities.
After that, the subjects hired Ngo Thi Bich Thuy to provide services to establish ghost companies for the purpose of illegally buying and selling value-added invoices for many subjects, making illegal profits for themselves and their accomplices.
As a result of the investigation, the Economic Police Department of Ho Chi Minh City Police determined that during the above period, Hoang Dang Ngoc My Trang and her accomplices established and used 41 ghost companies, illegally selling 35,273 VAT invoices to 6,476 different enterprises and units in 52 provinces and cities across the country with a total pre-tax value of more than VND 4,035 billion, VAT of nearly VND 390 billion, total value of more than VND 4,424 billion; the amount of illegal profit was more than VND 60 billion.
The Ho Chi Minh City Police Department has focused on directing units to apply synchronous professional measures, promptly arrest the perpetrator, collect many important documents and evidence, and recover assets in the case.
Expanding the investigation, on March 17, the Economic Police Department of Ho Chi Minh City Police issued a decision to prosecute and execute an order to temporarily detain 10 defendants, including: Dinh Ngoc Anh, Nguyen Ngoc Dung (Director of Hiep Phat Company, Hiep Phat Chau Phu Company), Nguyen The Hung (Director of Phu Nguyen Company Limited), Quach Quoc Thinh (Director of Xuyen Sang Company Limited), Nguyen Thi Van (Director of Kmax Trading and Service Company Limited), Le Truong Son (employee of Khanh Giang Company Limited), Huynh Phu Gia (Director of Khanh Giang Company Limited), Ha Thi Thoa, Hoang Van Tuat (Director of Hoang Thao Linh Transport Service Company Limited) and Pham Cong Tung (Director of Anh Duong Technology Environment Company Limited) for the act of illegally buying and selling more than 1,500 VAT invoices, with a turnover of more than 200 billion VND, VAT of more than 20 billion VND. The investigation agency has recovered more than 5 billion VND.
As a result of the investigation so far, the Economic Police Department of Ho Chi Minh City Police has prosecuted a total of 76 defendants, recovered about 60 billion VND of illegal profits and remedied tax evasion.
The Economic Police Department is continuing to expand its investigation and strictly handle individuals and businesses that use illegal invoices to create general deterrence and prevention.