Rent a car for business and then mortgage it to pay off debt

On July 27, Nghe An Provincial People's Court opened a first-instance criminal trial of defendant Dang Anh Tuan (born 1985), residing in Trung Phuc Cuong commune, Nam Dan district, for the crime of "Abuse of trust".appropriation of property".

According to the indictment, on February 10, 2020, because he needed a vehicle to trade wood, Tuan went to a company in Vinh City, met the director named L. and rented a Ford Ranger pickup truck (valued at 550 million VND) to go to Dak Nong. The two parties signed a car rental contract with the following content: Rental period of 20 days, price of 800,000 VND/day.

Defendant Dang Anh Tuan was sentenced to 8 years in prison. Photo: Tran Vu

On February 29, the car rental period expired, Mr. L. called Tuan to return the car and pay the rental fee. Due to business losses and not having enough money to pay, Tuan asked for a 1-month extension and the car rental owner agreed.

During this time, because he wanted money to buy wood to pay off his debt, TuanmortgageThe above car was given to a person named A. for 129 million VND, for a term of 1 month.

When it was time to pay Mr. A. and Mr. L. kept asking him to return the car and the rental fee, Tuan came up with the idea of ​​pawning the car to someone else.

On May 10, through Mr. A. Dang Anh Tuan lied and pawned the car to Ms. H. to get 150 million VND. With the money, Tuan paid off most of the car loan debt, and spent the rest on personal expenses.

Tuan escaped when the appointment was made but he was unable to pay the debt. Mr. L. then filed a complaint against Dang Anh Tuan's actions with the police.

At the trial, the defendant admitted to the crime. Tuan said that he had the idea of ​​pawning his car to get money because he had lost money in the timber business, and that he had no intention of renting the car in the first place.

The panel of judges determined that the defendant’s actions violated the law. The defendant’s trial for the crime of abuse of trust and appropriation of property was the right person, the right crime, the right law, and not unjust. Considering the aggravating and mitigating circumstances, the panel sentenced the defendant Dang Anh Tuan to 8 years in prison.