Continuing her fraudulent activities while on probation, the woman receives a 30-year prison sentence.
(Baonghean.vn) - On January 5th, the Provincial People's Court opened the first-instance trial of defendant Pham Thuy Trang (born in 1989, from Tay Ninh, residing in Hong Son commune, Do Luong district) on charges of "Fraudulent appropriation of property," "Forging documents of agencies and organizations," and "Using forged seals and documents of agencies and organizations."
In March 2021, Pham Thuy Trang was sentenced to 8 years in prison by the Do Luong District People's Court for fraud and appropriation of property. Because she was raising a young child under 36 months old, Trang was granted a postponement of her sentence.
Just one month after being sentenced to prison, Trang committed another fraud. Specifically, in April 2021, Trang told Ms. Le Thi Th. (a resident of the same commune) to contribute capital to buy eggs, meat, fish, etc., to supply Nguyen Van Cuong (Trang's business partner), who would provide meals for a garment factory with thousands of workers in Do Luong district.
From April to October 2021, Ms. Th. repeatedly transferred money to Trang as investment capital for business ventures, totaling over 5.8 billion VND.
Using similar tactics, Pham Thuy Trang defrauded Ms. Cao Thi Thu G. and Mr. Dao Danh H. (residents of the same commune) of 330 million VND.
After embezzling large sums of money from her victims, Pham Thuy Trang left the area. In October 2023, she was arrested.
The forensic examination revealed that the economic contracts Trang provided to the victims had fake company seals. Trang forged the signatures of the partners and the director of the garment company in the economic contracts with the victims. Trang claimed that the company seals and economic contracts were given to her by a man named Nguyen Van Cuong; however, she did not know who Cuong was or his background.
Authorities have determined that Trang defrauded Ms. Th., Ms. G., and Mr. H. of a total of over 6.1 billion VND.
At the trial, Pham Thuy Trang admitted to the crimes as charged in the indictment.
After a comprehensive review of the case, the Judging Panel sentenced Pham Thuy Trang to 20 years in prison for "Fraudulent appropriation of property"; 3 years in prison for "Using forged seals and documents of agencies and organizations"; and 2 years in prison for "Forging documents of agencies and organizations".
Combined with the 8-year prison sentence previously handed down by the People's Court of Do Luong District, Pham Thuy Trang must serve a total of 30 years in prison.
Regarding the civil aspect, the first-instance court ruled that the defendant must reimburse the victims nearly 5.8 billion VND (after deducting the amount previously paid). Specifically, the defendant must pay Ms. Th. over 5.4 billion VND, Ms. G. 180 million VND, and Mr. H. 93 million VND.
