On June 12, the Ho Chi Minh City People's Court continued the first-instance trial of 67 defendants in the case of violations occurring at Thu Duc House Development Joint Stock Company (Thuduc House), the Ho Chi Minh City Tax Department and other units.
At the trial, the representative of the Ho Chi Minh City Tax Department requested the panel of judges to order Thu Duc House to return more than 365 billion VND, the amount of money embezzled due to the defendants' illegal tax refunds (including the late payment fees incurred).
The defendants at the trial. (Photo: Hoang Tho)
Thuduc House's representative requested the panel of judges to decide on the defendants' joint responsibility in returning the entire amount of more than 365 billion VND in misappropriated tax refunds and requested the panel of judges to decide to return this amount that Thuduc House had temporarily deposited into the temporary account of the Department of Investigation Police on Corruption, Economic Crimes, and Smuggling (Ministry of Public Security) to serve the investigation requirements.
Regarding the amount of approximately VND 91.7 billion in late payment arising from the tax refund of more than VND 365 billion that was misappropriated and that the Ho Chi Minh City Tax Department is collecting, Thuduc House also requested the panel of judges to decide that the defendants are jointly responsible.
According to the indictment, from 2016 to 2020, Trinh Tien Dung (currently on the run) acted as the mastermind, directing his accomplices to use fraudulent means through the production and use of counterfeit, fake, and used goods to conduct roundabout buying and selling of goods, raising prices many times, using fake documents, illegal documents of State agencies to establish and use "ghost" companies; carry out procedures for buying and selling, exporting goods, and creating documents for companies such as Thuduc House, Saigon Tay Nam, and Hoang Nam Anh to buy electronic components from companies established by Mr. Dung.
After receiving money from Thuduc House, Saigon Tay Nam and Hoang Nam Anh companies, Mr. Trinh Tien Dung directed the transfer of money into the accounts of organizations and individuals, withdrawing the entire 538 billion VND in value added tax to appropriate it.
Defendant Nguyen Thi Bich Hanh, former Deputy Director of the Ho Chi Minh City Tax Department, directly signed the tax refund proposal, the value-added tax refund decision and 15 orders to refund budget revenue to Thuduc House, causing a loss of 331 billion VND.
In addition, the three defendants, Dao Thi Nga (former officer of District 1 Tax Department), Nguyen Phuong Nam (former officer of District 3 Tax Department) and Ngo Huynh Luy (former officer of District 5 Tax Department) received bribes of over 7.3 billion VND.
In the case, there were also 7 customs officers of Saigon Port Area I (under Ho Chi Minh City Customs) who failed to properly perform their assigned tasks, update information on the system to clear shipments and failed to detect the smuggling acts of Trinh Tien Dung and his accomplices.
Hoang Tho
Useful
Emotion
Creative
Unique
Source
Comment (0)