Prosecution of former deputy department head for accepting bribes and using money to buy villas
The Supreme People's Procuracy has just completed the indictment to prosecute Mr. Nguyen Loc An (former Deputy Director of the Domestic Market Department, Ministry of Industry and Trade) for bribery.
In connection with the case, Mr. Nguyen Tuan Quynh (former Chairman of the Board of Directors of Long Hung Company) was prosecuted for the crime of Bribery.briberyTwo other defendants, Tran Trac Viet Duc (former Director of Bach Khoa Viet Company) and Do Thi Tuyet Nga (former Chief Accountant of Bach Khoa Viet Company) were prosecuted for violating regulations on management and use of state assets, causing loss and waste.
According to the accusation, from January to September 2015, Mr. Nguyen Loc An, former Deputy Director of the Domestic Market Department, Ministry of Industry and Trade, took advantage of his position and authority as Head of the inspection team for the conditions for granting petroleum business licenses to Bach Khoa Viet Trading, Consulting, Investment and Construction Joint Stock Company (Bach Khoa Viet Company) and Long Hung Trading and Service Company Limited (Long Hung Company) to receive bribes.
During the performance of his assigned duties, Mr. Nguyen Loc An clearly knew that Bach Khoa Viet Company and Long Hung Company did not meet the conditions to be granted a license to export and import petroleum, but with personal motives, Mr. An proactively suggested receiving money to legalize the conditional procedures for the above two companies.
Specifically, the former Deputy Director received 9.2 billion VND from Ms. Tran Thi Loan Phuong, Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of Bach Khoa Viet Company and 5 billion VND from Mr. Nguyen Tuan Huynh, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Long Hung Company to create conditions for Bach Khoa Viet Company to be granted a certificate of eligibility to act as a petroleum distributor and a license to export and import petroleum in violation of regulations.
The accusation is that Mr. Nguyen Loc An's actions constituted the crime of Receiving bribes; Mr. Nguyen Tuan Quynh's actions constituted the crime of Giving bribes.
At the investigation agency, Mr. Nguyen Loc An confessed his crime in accordance with the content of the case in which Mr. An received money from Ms. Loan and Mr. Quynh to facilitate Bach Khoa Viet Company and Long Hung Company to be granted a certificate of eligibility to distribute gasoline and oil by the Ministry of Industry and Trade; and a business license to export and import gasoline and oil that was not in accordance with regulations.
According to the investigation documents, Mr. An and his wife used 14 billion VND to buy a villa in Tay Ho district, Hanoi to live in. Mr. An used the remaining 200 million VND for food and personal expenses.
For his part, Mr. Nguyen Tuan Quynh also admitted to the Investigation Police Agency that, after Mr. An promised to help Long Hung Company get an export and import license, defendant Quynh asked agents to sign a contract so that Long Hung Company would be eligible to be granted a license to export and import gasoline. Mr. Quynh transferred 10 billion VND to Mr. An after facilitating Long Hung Company to be granted a license to export and import gasoline in violation of regulations.
After that, Mr. Quynh negotiated with Mr. An that the company would only support Mr. An with 5 billion VND, so Mr. An later returned 5 billion VND to Mr. Quynh and received 5 billion VND.
The Investigation Police have seized a plot of land in the 18.6ha Land Auction Area, Phu Thuong Ward, Tay Ho District, Hanoi, under the name of Mr. Nguyen Loc An's wife. The Investigation Police determined that this was property acquired during the marriage, purchased from money obtained from Mr. An's crime.
Mr. Nguyen Loc An's family has paid 8.13 billion VND to the defendant to add to the state budget.
