In the conclusion of the investigation into the case that occurred at Van Thinh Phat Group, SCB Bank and related units, the Ministry of Public Security's Investigation Police Agency proposed to prosecute Ms. Truong My Lan (former Chairwoman of Van Thinh Phat Group) for the crimes of Bribery, Violation of regulations on banking activities and Embezzlement of assets.
According to the investigation conclusion, with the control of SCB Bank's shares, Ms. Lan put her people in key positions at SCB Bank such as: Board of Directors, General Director, Directors of large branches, Head of the Control Board to use these people to manage and control all activities of SCB Bank... Ms. Lan paid them high salaries from 200-500 million/month.
Among them is defendant Bui Anh Dung. Ms. Lan said she appointed Mr. Dung as Chairman of the Board of Directors of SCB because he was gentle, "not disruptive", and liked by people.
Former Chairman of SCB Bank Bui Anh Dung.
During the period when Bui Anh Dung was the Director of SCB Bank Ben Thanh Branch, the loans of Van Thinh Phat Group were directed by Truong My Lan to have the group's staff coordinate with the re-evaluation department to create loan documents. After that, the loan documents were sent to the branch for staff and leaders to sign and send back to the re-evaluation department to complete the procedures.
During the period when Bui Anh Dung was Deputy General Director of the Enterprise Division and a member of the Business and Investment Council, the Headquarters only signed the loan application documents of Van Thinh Phat Group but did not hold meetings to review and evaluate the loans like other regular customers.
From December 9, 2020 to September 22, 2022, Bui Anh Dung was Chairman of the Board of Directors. Defendant Bui Anh Dung signed the resolution to approve loans from individuals and legal entities belonging to the Van Thinh Phat Group ecosystem of Truong My Lan to legalize and complete the documents after the loan was disbursed. This is contrary to the normal lending process.
Bui Anh Dung knew clearly which loans were loans from Van Thinh Phat Group because Tran Thi My Dung (former Deputy General Director of SCB) and Truong Khanh Hoang (former Acting General Director of SCB) informed him, after Dung and Hoang received direct instructions from Truong My Lan.
These loans all have in common that they only signed legal documents and loan procedures to disburse and withdraw money from SCB Bank under the direction of Truong My Lan.
In fact, units at SCB Bank do not appraise customers, appraise collateral, and are not interested in the option of lending additional loans to customers of Truong My Lan's Van Thinh Phat Group.
On the "Core Banking" Data system of SCB Bank, an additional data field with the symbol "HSTT" is created to record customers, serve the purpose of monitoring, statistics and loan approval, bypassing the normal lending process according to regulations.
Bui Anh Dung admitted that he signed the appraisal reports, meeting minutes, voting ballots of the Board of Directors, and resolutions agreeing to lend to the Van Thinh Phat customer group in violation of the law.
During his time working at SCB Bank, in addition to salary and holiday bonuses, Bui Anh Dung was also given 500,000 SCB shares (equivalent to 5 billion VND) by Truong My Lan.
Based on the verification results, the statements of the defendants and related subjects, there is sufficient basis to determine that Bui Anh Dung took advantage of his position and power to actively assist and accomplice Truong My Lan in committing the crimes of "Embezzlement of property" and "Violation of regulations on banking activities and other activities related to banking activities".
Specifically, with the act of "Violating regulations on banking activities and other activities related to banking activities" stipulated in Clause 4, Article 206 of the 2015 Penal Code, Bui Anh Dung was jointly responsible for causing damage to SCB of more than VND 187,600 billion.
For the crime of "Embezzlement of property" stipulated in Clause 4, Article 353 of the 2015 Penal Code, the investigation agency accused Bui Anh Dung of complicity in appropriating more than 104 billion VND and causing losses in interest debt of more than 26,300 billion VND.
During the investigation, Bui Anh Dung confessed honestly, repented, and clearly recognized his violations.
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