Nghe An Court sentenced a group of employees who smuggled billions of dong worth of company goods out to sell.

On September 17, Nghe An Provincial People's Court opened a first-instance criminal trial of defendant Dau Thi Lan Huong (born 1992), residing in Le Mao ward, Vinh city, for the crime of "Fraudulent appropriation of property".

The defendants: Tran Van Tung (born in 1993), residing in Xuan Lam commune, Hung Nguyen district; Vo Duc Trung (born in 2003), residing in Dong Hieu commune, Thai Hoa town; Le Tuan Vu (born in 1993), residing in Xuan Lam commune, Hung Nguyen district were brought to trial for the crime of "Receiving property obtained by others through criminal acts".

According to case records, Dau Thi Lan Huong is a saleswoman of Truong Giang A Company Limited (located at Bac Vinh Industrial Park, Hung Dong Commune, Vinh City).

Defendant Dau Thi Lan Huong (right) and other defendants at the trial. Photo: Tran Vu

Taking advantage of loopholes in the company's goods management, from August 3, 2020 to September 21, 2020, Huong fraudulently created "temporary delivery notes". Then, she gave the notes to the delivery staff and warehouse keeper to take the goods, which were electrical equipment, out of the company's warehouse. Then, Huong edited and destroyed the fake "temporary delivery notes", did not declare the sale to the company to appropriate the assets, which were essential goods of Truong Giang A Company Limited.

After the goods left the company, Huong directed Vo Duc Trung, Le Tuan Vu and some other delivery staff to deliver them to Tran Van Tung for sale. After receiving the goods, the agents paid Huong in full.

The investigation agency determined that Dau Thi Lan Huong had 30 times committed acts of appropriating property of Truong Giang A Company Limited, with a total amount of nearly 2.9 billion VND.

After Huong used fraudulent tricks to appropriate the company's assets, the defendants Tung, Trung, and Vu knew clearly that Huong had appropriated the company's assets when delivering and receiving the goods, but they still sold them.

Of which, Tran Van Tung consumed the company's goods 28 times with a total value of more than 2.7 billion VND. The amount of money Tung benefited from was 20 million VND.

Vo Duc Trung committed the act of consuming 22 times with the total value of the company's goods appropriated by Huong being over 2.2 billion VND. Trung profited 7.5 million VND.

Le Tuan Vu committed four acts of consumption with a total value of more than 320 million VND worth of goods of the company that Huong appropriated and sold. Vu profited 1.5 million VND.

At the trial, defendant Huong admitted to the fraud as charged in the indictment.

The defendants Tung, Vu and Trung also admitted their crimes. They said they only followed Huong's instructions.

Considering that in this case, the defendant Dau Thi Lan Huong committed the crime many times, causing serious consequences, the People's Court sentenced her to 13 years in prison for the crime of Fraudulent appropriation of property.

Defendant Tran Van Tung was sentenced to 10 years in prison; defendant Vo Duc Trung was sentenced to 4 years in prison; defendant Le Tuan Vu was sentenced to 3 years in prison, all for the crime of receiving property obtained by crime.