Internationally wanted former Eximbank deputy director fled with 245 billion
The Investigation Police Agency determined that Eximbank Deputy Director Le Nguyen Hung had fled abroad, so they issued an international arrest warrant for this suspect.
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| Defendant Le Nguyen Hung, former deputy director of Eximbank Ho Chi Minh City branch, is wanted internationally. |
On February 24, information from the office of the Investigation Police Agency (C44 - Ministry of Public Security) said that this agency has issued a decision to prosecute the case and prosecute Mr. Le Nguyen Hung, former deputy director of the Vietnam Export Import Commercial Joint Stock Bank (Eximbank) Ho Chi Minh City branch, to investigate the act of fraud and appropriation of property.
The Investigation Police Agency determined that Mr. Hung had left Vietnam after appropriating money from a customer deposited at Eximbank's Ho Chi Minh City branch.
After initiating the case and prosecuting the defendant, the Investigation Police Department issued an international arrest warrant for Mr. Hung.
Defendant Hung was born in 1971 in Dong Nai, with permanent residence in Binh An ward, Di An town, Binh Duong province.
Previously, the leaders of Eximbank announced some information related to Mr. Le Nguyen Hung appropriating 245 billion VND from VIP customers and then fleeing abroad.
Accordingly, Ms. Chu Thi Binh is a VIP customer with a very large savings deposit at Eximbank Ho Chi Minh City branch.
During the period from 2014 to 2016, taking advantage of his authorization to transact savings deposits, Mr. Hung forged a number of documents and created documents with fake signatures of Ms. Binh to withdraw money at different times and from many savings books.
At the end of 2017, suspecting that she had been scammed, Ms. Binh checked her savings account balance and discovered that more than 245 billion in the accounts had "evaporated".
Ms. Binh worked with the General Director of Eximbank and reported to the Southern Police Investigation Agency (C44B - Ministry of Public Security).
Regarding Eximbank's responsibility for the above amount of 245 billion VND, the bank said that based on the conclusion of the investigation agency, the two sides need to coordinate soon to bring the case to court in accordance with the correct procedural order. When the court has a decision that Eximbank is responsible for paying this amount, the bank will pay immediately.
However, Ms. Binh said she did not agree with the plan to bring the case to court as proposed by Eximbank and said that Eximbank must return the money to her immediately.
