On June 24, 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.
In his final statement, defendant Nguyen Vu Bao Hoang (former General Director of Thuduc House) stated that Thuduc House is a listed company on the stock exchange, so all information must be public, transparent and reported to shareholders, the Stock Exchange, etc. When signing documents for Thuduc House, the defendant was very careful and had to have all the initials of the specialized departments before signing.
The defendants at the trial. (Photo: Hoang Tho)
According to Nguyen Vu Bao Hoang, at the time of prosecution and during detention, the defendant thought he had done nothing illegal. Only after the investigation concluded did he realize he was part of a sophisticated and large-scale criminal ring led by Trinh Tien Dung (born in 1973, the mastermind and leader, and is wanted).
Previously, on June 19, the Ho Chi Minh City People's Procuracy proposed that the People's Court sentence defendant Nguyen Thi Bich Hanh to 4-5 years in prison; her subordinates to 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) to 8-10 years in prison; Quan Minh Tuan (60 years old) to 10-12 years in prison; Nguyen Phuong Nam to 12-13 years in prison; Dao Thi Nga to 5-6 years in prison; Ngo Huynh Luy to 3-4 years in prison; Nguyen Hung Long to 3-4 years in prison; Dang Thi Minh Chau and Tran Bao Thinh to 2-3 years in prison but with suspended sentence; Dang Thi Huynh Yen and Vo Quang Lam to 3-4 years in prison; Pham Duy Binh, Hoang Trung Kien, Ho Hoang Hai, Nguyen Duy Linh, Tran Van Thanh, and Nguyen Le Hung were all recommended by the Procuracy to be sentenced to 2-3 years in prison but with a suspended sentence; defendant Bui Huu Tren was sentenced to 18-24 months in prison but with 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.
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.
According to the indictment, from 2016 to 2020, Trinh Tien Dung (currently on the run) acted as the mastermind, directing his accomplices to use deceitful tricks, 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 and 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 Dung.
After receiving money from Thuduc House, Saigon Tay Nam and Hoang Nam Anh companies, 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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