Report on embezzlement at the Provincial Historical Archives Center

On February 14, according to Thanh Nien reporter's source, Ca Mau Provincial Police received the case file of the violation that occurred at Ca Mau Provincial Historical Archives Center transferred by the Provincial Inspectorate. Immediately after receiving the file, Ca Mau Provincial Police Investigation Agency put the case into the report for verification.

Cà Mau: Đưa vào tin báo vụ tham ô tại Trung tâm lưu trữ lịch sử tỉnh- Ảnh 1. — Ca Mau Provincial Police have received the case file of illegal fund establishment and embezzlement that occurred at the province's historical archives center.

"The Inspectorate of Ca Mau province has pointed out signs of the crime of illegal fund establishment as stipulated in Article 205 of the 2015 Penal Code (amended and supplemented in 2017) and signs of the crime of embezzlement of property, as stipulated in Article 353 of the 2015 Penal Code (amended and supplemented in 2017), occurring at the Provincial Historical Archives Center. However, we need to verify and investigate specifically before handling it," the source added.

As reported by Thanh Nien , the Inspectorate of Ca Mau province has just concluded its inspection of the operation, management and use of public assets and financial resources at the provincial historical archives center. At the same time, it proposed to transfer the case file of violations with signs of crime at the center to the investigation agency.

Specifically, in the 2013 - 2022 inspection year, the Ca Mau Provincial Historical Archives Center was determined to have received 455 million VND from revenue from companies paying commissions, collective rewards, selling scrap paper, etc., but did not enter it into the agency's fund but instead established a living fund. The center also did not enter it into the accounting system for monitoring and management; did not create receipts and expenditures; did not do accounting, and did not have financial reports. Expenditures from this source were not approved by the agency's collective but were decided by the center's director himself, but there were no records or documents to prove it. According to the inspection conclusion, the above behavior shows signs of illegal fund establishment.

Regarding the amount of money individuals paid back from the document editing fee of 3.6 billion VND, the Inspectorate determined that the amounts reported by the Center Director had been spent to support groups and individuals outside the Center with the amount of 888 million VND. Through verification, 1/7 of the groups did not admit to receiving the amount of 8 million VND, and 52/58 individuals did not admit to receiving the amount of 373 million VND. This shows that the above expenses have no basis to determine that they are completely real; currently, the above amount of money no longer exists in the cash fund and is not shown in the deposit account balance. The Inspectorate believes that this behavior has signs of embezzlement.

The inspection conclusion also stated that the establishment of the living fund was not reflected in the annual internal spending regulations; the revenues and expenditures were not approved by the Board of Directors and the center's collective. Currently, the accountant and treasurer of the Ca Mau Provincial Historical Archives Center have lost the signed list of payers, leaving only the data according to the accountant's tracking book.

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