Proposal to sentence former Director of Thu Duc City Hospital 21

On the afternoon of November 30, the Ho Chi Minh City People's Court continued the first-instance trial of defendant Nguyen Minh Quan (former Director of Thu Duc City Hospital) and his accomplices in the case of Embezzlement of assets, Money laundering, Violation of bidding regulations causing serious consequences at Thu Duc City Hospital.

The representative of the People's Procuracy proposed that the People's Court sentence defendant Nguyen Minh Quan to 16 - 17 years in prison for the crime of embezzlement of property, 5 - 6 years in prison for the crime of money laundering, a total sentence of 21 - 23 years in prison.

Nguyen Van Loi 13 - 14 years in prison for embezzlement, 3 - 4 years in prison for money laundering, total sentence of 16 - 18 years in prison. Defendant Nguyen Tran Ngoc Diem (defendant Quan's wife) 2 years 6 months - 3 years 6 months in prison for money laundering.

Representative of Ho Chi Minh City People's Procuracy prosecuted.

For the group of crimes of "violating bidding regulations causing serious consequences", the representative of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Procuracy proposed the following sentences: 2 former Deputy Directors of Thu Duc City Hospital including: defendant Nguyen Thi Ngoc was proposed to be sentenced to 2 years 6 months - 3 years 6 months in prison; Nguyen Lan Anh from 3 years 6 months - 4 years 6 months in prison.

Defendant Ngo Truong Ngoc Bich, former Head of Medical Equipment and Supplies Department (Thu Duc City Hospital) was recommended to be sentenced to 3 years and 6 months to 4 years and 6 months in prison. Defendant Dang Thi Hien, former Chief Accountant (Thu Duc City Hospital) was recommended to be sentenced to 3 - 4 years in prison.

Defendant Nguyen Huy Viet, an employee of the Medical Equipment and Supplies Department (Thu Duc City Hospital), was recommended to be sentenced to 2 years and 6 months to 3 years and 6 months in prison. Defendant Tran Hau Nghia, Director of Hai Dang Medical Equipment Company Limited, was recommended to be sentenced to 2 years and 6 months to 3 years and 6 months in prison.

Regarding civil liability, although Nguyen Van Loi transferred more than 103.6 billion VND to Nguyen Minh Quan, through comparison and inspection of data and books, Loi's 4 companies received 102.52 billion VND through winning the auction of 27 bid packages at Thu Duc City Hospital.

Therefore, based on the principle of benefiting the defendant, the People's Procuracy determined that the amount of money that the defendant Quan had appropriated and had to compensate the hospital was 102.52 billion VND.

According to the People's Procuracy, the defendants' crimes were particularly serious. Defendant Nguyen Minh Quan took advantage of his position and authority as director, account holder, and asset manager of Thu Duc City Hospital to direct Nguyen Van Loi to establish and use "backyard" companies to sign fictitious contracts to buy and sell machinery and equipment.

Then, he prepared documents and participated in bidding for Thu Duc City Hospital. At the same time, Quan directed and pressured his subordinates to collude with Loi, prepare and complete documents, and sign legal documents to assign Quan's "backyard" companies to win almost all of the hospital's bidding packages, including 27/28 packages for the supply of medical machinery and equipment.

According to the indictment, in order to intervene and take over the entire bidding package, Nguyen Minh Quan (at that time the Director of Thu Duc Hospital) directed Nguyen Van Loi (an employee of Quan and his wife) to establish backyard companies, named Nguyen Tam, Trung Dung, Thanh Vuong SG and Ngoc Dao.

Quan directed Loi to assign employees to create false and roundabout sales contracts between these companies to increase the price of equipment and machinery.

Loi then used three of the four companies to submit bids with inflated prices for machinery and equipment. When preparing the bidding documents, Loi intentionally prepared a document with better criteria than the other departments, with the aim of selecting the winning company.

The indictment also determined that defendant Quan took advantage of his position as director and head of the hospital to direct and pressure his subordinates; "colluded in bidding, cheated in bidding, and did not ensure transparency in bidding activities".

From 2016 to 2020, the group of four companies managed by Loi participated in bidding and won 27/28 packages at Thu Duc Hospital, with a total value of more than 345.2 billion VND. After deducting the purchase price and expenses, the amount of money Quan embezzled was 103.6 billion VND.

To conceal the source of the embezzled money, Quan directed Loi to withdraw cash, transfer money to Quan's account and defendant Nguyen Tran Ngoc Diem (defendant Quan's wife) or transfer money directly to the company's account.

The indictment also determined that defendant Nguyen Tran Ngoc Diem asked Loi to transfer more than 67.9 billion VND to her. Of which, Quan and Diem used 51.7 billion VND to buy real estate, luxury cars...

Hoang Tho

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