Searching for the female tycoon who swindled people into selling ghost projects and just escaped from a mental hospital

On April 16, the Ho Chi Minh City Police Department issued a search notice for Ms. Tran Thi My Hien (61 years old, residing in District 1), when she had just escaped from the Bien Hoa Central Forensic Psychiatric Institute.

Ms. Hien was the former Director of Dat Vang Hoang Gia Company Limited. She was a defendant in the case that occurred at Angle Lina Investment Consulting Joint Stock Company, Dat Vang Hoang Gia Trading Service Company Limited, and Hoang Kim Land Real Estate Investment Consulting Company Limited.

During the investigation of the case, the prosecution agency determined that the defendant Hien was mentally ill, so more than two years ago, she was sent for compulsory treatment at the Bien Hoa Central Institute of Forensic Psychiatry. However, not long ago, Ms. Hien escaped, so the Ho Chi Minh City Police Department issued a search notice.

According to the case file, from the beginning of 2017 to the end of 2019, Ms. Hien, Pham Thi Tuyet Nhung (43 years old), Tran Thi Hong Hanh (54 years old) and a number of other people used legal entities of companies such as Angel Lina Investment Consulting Joint Stock Company, Dat Vang Hoang Gia Trading and Service Company Limited, Hoang Kim Land Real Estate Investment Consulting Company Limited... to sign contracts to negotiate the transfer of land plots in non-existent projects in Binh Tan district, Binh Chanh district, Thu Duc city... to many people.

When receiving money from customers, this group did not perform as committed in the contract but appropriated a total amount of about 816 billion VND.

The investigation agency determined that this group sought to buy large areas of land, including agricultural land, pond land, etc., but only signed a deposit contract, paid a portion of the money to the landowner, then delayed the payment, and did not complete the transfer according to regulations.

After that, Hien, Nhung and other subjects drew up ghost projects, made drawings, divided the land into many plots of land in the form of residential land at a scale of 1/500, with full infrastructure; named the project themselves and then sold it to many people through many companies and real estate brokerage floors.

From the complaints, at the end of October 2019, the Ho Chi Minh City Police Department initiated a case and prosecuted 9 defendants for the crime."Fraudulent appropriation of property".

In particular, defendant Tran Thi My Hien was accused of being the mastermind, directing the activities of the legal entities Dat Vang Hoang Gia Company Limited and Hoang Kim Land Company Limited in the fraud activities. She was determined to have, along with a number of subjects, appropriated 260 billion VND from many people.

While the case was under investigation, Ms. Hien's family submitted a forensic examination conclusion from the HCM City Forensic Psychiatric Examination Center in 2016, showing that she was mentally ill. Based on this basis, the Investigation Police Agency requested psychiatric examinations of Ms. Hien many times to have a basis for handling according to legal regulations.

Based on the conclusions of many professional appraisal agencies, on March 10, 2021, the Ho Chi Minh City People's Procuracy decided to apply compulsory medical treatment to Ms. Hien.

The HCM City Police Department of Investigation also decided to temporarily suspend the investigation of Ms. Hien until she is cured, then the investigation will be resumed and handled later.