How many penalties are there for health insurance fraud?

Reply: Article 215 of the 2015 Penal Code (amended Penal Code 2017) stipulates the crime of health insurance fraud. Accordingly, the crime of health insurance fraud has the following 3 penalty frames:

- Penalty frame 1:

A person who commits one of the following acts, appropriating health insurance money from VND 10,000,000 to under VND 100,000,000 or causing damage from VND 20,000,000 to under VND 200,000,000 without falling under the cases specified in one of Articles 174, 353 and 355 of this Code, shall be subject to a fine from VND 20,000,000 to VND 100,000,000, non-custodial reform for up to 02 years or imprisonment from 03 months to 02 years.

- Penalty frame 2:

Anyone who commits health insurance fraud in the following cases shall be fined from VND 100,000,000 to VND 200,000,000 or imprisoned from 01 year to 05 years:

- Organized;

- Professional;

- Appropriating health insurance money from 100,000,000 VND to under 500,000,000 VND;

- Causing damage from 200,000,000 VND to under 500,000,000 VND;

- Using sophisticated, cunning tricks;

- Dangerous recidivism.

- Penalty frame 3:

Anyone who commits health insurance fraud in the following cases shall be sentenced to imprisonment from 05 years to 10 years:

- Appropriating health insurance money of 500,000,000 VND or more;

- Causing damage of 500,000,000 VND or more.

Those who commit health insurance fraud are also subject to additional penalties: fines from VND 10,000,000 to VND 100,000,000, bans from holding positions, practicing a profession or doing certain jobs from 01 to 05 years.