On June 19, the Ho Chi Minh City People's Court continued the questioning at 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.
Defendant Nguyen Thi Bich Hanh (54 years old, former Deputy Director of the Ho Chi Minh City Tax Department) was prosecuted for violating regulations on State asset management causing loss and waste, according to Clause 3, Article 219 of the Penal Code, with a penalty of 10 - 20 years in prison.
Defendant Nguyen Thi Bich Hanh.
At the trial, the Ho Chi Minh City People's Procuracy proposed that the panel of judges sentence the defendant Hanh to 4-5 years in prison; her subordinates from 2-3 years in prison (with suspended sentence) to 4-5 years in prison; Nguyen Vu Bao Hoang (47 years old), Nguyen Ngoc Truong Chinh (48 years old) from 8-10 years in prison; Quan Minh Tuan (60 years old) from 10-12 years in prison; Nguyen Phuong Nam from 12-13 years in prison; Dao Thi Nga from 5-6 years in prison; Ngo Huynh Luy from 3-4 years in prison; Nguyen Hung Long from 3-4 years in prison; Dang Thi Minh Chau and Tran Bao Thinh both from 2-3 years in prison but with suspended sentence; Dang Thi Huynh Yen, Vo Quang Lam both from 3-4 years in prison; Pham Duy Binh, Hoang Trung Kien, Ho Hoang Hai, Nguyen Duy Linh, Tran Van Thanh, Nguyen Le Hung were all proposed by the Procuracy to be sentenced from 2-3 years in prison but with suspended sentence; Defendant Bui Huu Tren was sentenced to 18 to 24 months in prison but given a suspended sentence.
According to the representative of the People's Procuracy, defendant Hanh directed and signed tax refund decisions for Thu Duc Housing Company for 15 periods from April 2018 to June 2019, contrary to regulations, ignoring signs of tax risks, and not applying risk management principles in tax refund management.
In addition, this defendant also directed the departments handling tax refunds for Thu Duc Housing Company not to fully apply the procedures and documents guiding tax refund management, causing a loss of 331 billion VND to the State.
Previously, defendant Hanh admitted that the indictment regarding his actions was correct and said that he always acted with conscience and responsibility, not for personal gain.
Regarding the tax refund dossier of Thuduc House as well as other tax refund dossiers that defendant Hanh had to handle, in the context of too much work, the defendant made some subjective mistakes.
" At that time, the defendant was assigned too much work, and was also studying, so there was negligence. I hope the jury will consider it," defendant Hanh said.
Defendant Nguyen Thi Bich Hanh, in her role and duty as Deputy Director of the Ho Chi Minh City Tax Department, was responsible for resolving tax refunds for Thuduc House from March 2018.
Regarding 15 tax refund application files of Thuduc House that are subject to pre-refund and post-inspection (from April 2018 to June 2019), defendant Hanh was reported about signs of tax risks but did not direct departments to conduct verification, and did not direct discussions between departments to resolve when there were disagreements.
Defendant Hanh ignored the signs of risk that the officers and leaders of the Tax Declaration - Accounting Department and the Legal Department had reported. The defendant did not direct timely inspections and audits, did not wait for the conclusion of the inspection and audit to decide on tax refunds; directly signed and approved 14 tax refund proposals (and additional proposals) submitted by the Tax Declaration - Accounting Department... As a result, he caused a loss of more than 331 billion VND.
During the investigation, defendant Hanh confessed to signing and approving the proposal forms, appraisal forms and tax refund decisions for Thuduc House as mentioned above, admitting to failing to properly implement the regulations and procedures for handling tax refund dossiers.
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 directly signed to approve 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, 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.
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