Continuing to commit fraud while serving a suspended sentence, a young woman received 30 years in prison
(Baonghean.vn) - On January 5, 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) on the charges of "Fraudulent appropriation of property", "Forgery of documents of agencies and organizations" and "Using fake seals and documents of agencies and organizations".
In March 2021, Pham Thuy Trang was sentenced to 8 years in prison by the People's Court of Do Luong district for fraud and appropriation of property. Because she is raising a child under 36 months old, Trang's sentence was postponed.
Just one month after being sentenced to prison, Trang committed another fraud. Specifically, in April 2021, Trang told Ms. Le Thi Th. (living in the same commune) to contribute capital to buy eggs, meat, fish... to supply Nguyen Van Cuong (Trang's business partner), to provide meals for a garment company with thousands of workers in the Do Luong area.
From April to October 2021, Ms. Th. transferred money to Trang many times to contribute capital to do business, totaling more than 5.8 billion VND.
Using similar tricks, Pham Thuy Trang appropriated 330 million VND from Ms. Cao Thi Thu G. and Mr. Dao Danh H. (living in the same commune).
After taking a large sum of money from the victims, Pham Thuy Trang left the area. In October 2023, this woman was arrested.
The results of the examination showed that the economic contracts Trang provided to the victims and the seal of the garment company on the contracts were fake. Trang forged the signatures of her partners and the signature of the director of the garment company in the economic contracts with the victims. Trang claimed that the seal and economic contracts of the garment company were given to her by a man named Nguyen Van Cuong, however, the defendant herself did not know who Cuong was and did not know the identity of this man.
Authorities clarified that Trang had defrauded and appropriated a total of over 6.1 billion VND from Ms. Th., Ms. G. and Mr. H.
At the trial, Pham Thuy Trang admitted to the crime as charged in the indictment.
Considering the case in its entirety, the Trial Panel sentenced Pham Thuy Trang to 20 years in prison for “Fraudulent appropriation of property”; 3 years in prison for “Using fake seals and documents of agencies and organizations” and 2 years in prison for “Forgery of documents of agencies and organizations”.
Combined with the 8-year prison sentence previously imposed by the People's Court of Do Luong district, Pham Thuy Trang must serve a 30-year prison sentence.
Regarding the civil part, the first-instance trial panel ordered the defendant to pay back nearly 5.8 billion VND to the victims (minus the amount previously paid). Specifically, the defendant must pay Ms. Th. more than 5.4 billion VND, pay Ms. G. 180 million VND, and pay Mr. H. 93 million VND.
