Viet A General Director declares paying 'commission' of nearly 800 billion VND
Phan Quoc Viet, General Director of Viet A Technology Joint Stock Company, admitted to inflating the price of Covid-19 test kits by about 45% and paying "commissions" to units and individuals of nearly VND800 billion.
Lieutenant General To An Xo, Chief of Office and spokesman of the Ministry of Public Security, announced the above information.
According to Mr. Xo, Phan Quoc Viet admitted that through price inflation and "bribes", Viet A "earned a profit of over 500 billion VND".
The Investigation Police Agency (Ministry of Public Security) is coordinating with relevant agencies to expand the investigation. The Ministry of Public Security continues to implement the requests of the Central Steering Committee on preventing and combating corruption and negativity to prevent and eliminate "future Viet A variants".
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| Covid-19 test kit of Viet A Company. Photo:BN |
Authorities have frozen and seized many accounts and savings books of Viet and the defendants of Viet A Company, including: more than 320 billion VND, 100,000 USD, 20 real estates. Particularly, the director of CDC Hai Duong Pham Duy Tuyen had 8 real estates seized. Some related people voluntarily handed over more than 4.8 billion VND.
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| Lieutenant General To An Xo. Photo:Pham Du |
Regarding the case, over the past 20 days, the investigation agency has prosecuted 19 defendants. On December 17, 2021, Viet, his three subordinates and Mr. Tuyen were the first defendants to be prosecuted for criminal responsibility for the crime.Violation of bidding regulations causes serious consequences.
Afterwards, Mr. Nguyen Nam Lien (Director of the Department of Financial Planning of the Ministry of Health), Nguyen Minh Tuan (former Director of the Department of Medical Equipment and Construction, Ministry of Health), Trinh Thanh Hung (Deputy Director of the Department of Science and Technology of Economic and Technical Sectors, Ministry of Science and Technology) were prosecuted for the crime.Abuse of position and power while performing official duties.
Mr. Nguyen Van Dinh (Director of CDC Nghe An), Nguyen Thanh Danh (Director of CDC Binh Duong) and a number of others were prosecuted on chargesViolation of bidding regulations causes serious consequences.
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| Defendant Phan Quoc Viet. Photo:Ministry of Public Security |
C03 determined that the defendant Viet, in addition to colluding with officials and leaders of CDCs to rig bids, also bribed Mr. Tuyen 27 billion VND. Therefore, Viet and Mr. Tuyen were prosecuted for additional crimes.Bribery, Bribery acceptance.
The Ministry of Public Security said that the case "caused public outrage and affected people's trust in the work of preventing and fighting the epidemic and preventing and fighting corruption and negativity." On December 29, 2021, the case was put under monitoring and direction by the Central Steering Committee on preventing and fighting corruption and negativity.
