The fake director of the "ghost" company

(Baonghean.vn) - “The defendant was hired by Mr. Tuan to be the deputy director, then director of the company with a salary of 3 million VND/month. The defendant's job was only to sign economic contracts under Mr. Tuan's direction. Whenever he told me to sign, I would sign. I had no idea about the money, the receipts and payments, the imports and exports.” Standing in the dock, defendant Hoang Van Nang persistently defended his actions.

After a week of deliberation, on the afternoon of April 8, the People's Court of Nghe An province continued to bring the case of "fraudulent appropriation of property" against Vi Thanh Tuan (58 years old, residing in Lang Son city, Lang Son province) and Hoang Van Nang (born in 1981, residing in Mong Cai city, Quang Ninh province) to trial.

2 defendants before the trial

The case file clearly states that, with the intention of appropriating another company's assets, on May 28, 2011, Vi Thanh Tuan established Thien Ha Import-Export Joint Stock Company (headquartered at 479 Hung Vuong, Lang Son City, Lang Son Province) specializing in trading agricultural products and food. Tuan is the chairman of the board of directors and director of the company. Tuan hired Hoang Van Nang as deputy director.

Between May 2011 and September 2012, Thien Ha Import-Export Joint Stock Company registered to change its charter capital three times from VND3 billion to VND5.5 billion. However, in reality, the shares contributed by shareholders were only shown on paper (virtual money). After the third change in charter capital, Tuan assigned the position of company director to Nang.

At the time Hoang Van Nang was the director, Thien Ha Import-Export Joint Stock Company had no assets, no working capital, no goods, but Tuan still directed Nang to sign a contract to sell 1,000 tons of cassava starch to Vietnam-Laos Economic Cooperation Joint Stock Company and buy 1,000 tons of cassava starch from Binh Dinh Vegetable Oil Company.

After receiving money and goods from the two partners, Tuan directed Nang and Ly Van Mao (sales staff of the company) to withdraw 20 billion 782 million VND (money embezzled from the two companies) and transfer it to Dinh Thi Thao (53 years old, Tuan's wife). After the incident was discovered, Dinh Thi Thao fled the area.

According to the investigation, the company Thien Ha was actually a "ghost" company with no investment capital or goods. During the capital recovery process, Thien Ha paid Binh Dinh Vegetable Oil Company 3 billion VND and paid Vietnam - Laos Economic Cooperation Joint Stock Company 442 million VND. Thus, the total amount of money Tuan and Nang appropriated was 16 billion 94 million VND.

As for Hoang Van Nang, the defendant has always denied his criminal acts. Accordingly, Nang was from Ha Nam province and followed his family to Da Tel district (Lam Dong) to work in the new economic zone. At the age of 20, Nang followed his friends to Mong Cai border gate (Quang Ninh), working as a security guard and learning Chinese to fulfill his long-cherished dream of working abroad.

In 2010, during a trip, Tuan and Nang met. Seeing that Nang could speak Chinese, Tuan approached her to get to know her. In early 2011, Tuan personally went to Nang's workplace to invite Nang to become the company's deputy director with a salary of 3 million VND/month. "The defendant's job was only to teach her Chinese, dress properly, and sit at the desk every day to wait for Tuan's orders. Whenever Mr. Tuan asked me to sign documents or files, I would sign. Only when I was arrested by the authorities did I realize I had committed a crime. Mr. Tuan took advantage of me and branded me to commit fraud. The company where I was the director was a "ghost" company."

Standing in the dock, Vi Thanh Tuan did not admit his fraud and appropriation, but accepted to compensate the money that, according to defendant Tuan, he still "owed" to the two companies above.

After reviewing the details of the case, the panel of judges finally sentenced Vi Thanh Tuan to 15 years in prison for the crime of “fraudulent appropriation of property” and Hoang Van Nang to 7 years in prison. At the same time, Tuan was forced to compensate the amount of 16 billion 94 million VND that he had appropriated from the two companies.

Hoang Hai

Hung Dung Ward, Vinh City