Drivers and maids were also caught up in Ms. Truong My Lan's money laundering vortex.

This morning (September 25), the trial of defendant Truong My Lan and her accomplices continued the questioning session for the group of crimes of "Money Laundering".

Defendant Nguyen Phuong Anh (former Deputy General Director of Saigon Peninsula Group Joint Stock Company) confessed that he established and used about 600 companies to coordinate with SCB Bank leaders to create fake loans to withdraw money from SCB for various purposes.

Expressing remorse, defendant Phuong Anh explained that she did not realize the consequences would be so great.

According to the accusation, following the instructions of defendant Truong My Lan, defendant Phuong Anh coordinated with leaders of SCB Bank to create "fake" loans to withdraw money for various purposes. The defendant was also the person who directly monitored the collection and disbursement of money from embezzlement of SCB Bank's assets and from money from bond fraud.

Under Ms. Lan's direction, from March 7, 2018 to August 1, 2019, Phuong Anh used 3 companies: Blue Pearl, Saigon Peninsula and Easter View, to transfer more than 256 million USD (equivalent to more than 5,900 billion VND) abroad.

Defendant Tran Thi My Dung (former Deputy General Director of SCB Bank) explained that the decisions to disburse money from SCB to Ms. Lan's companies were to follow what the previous generation of SCB leaders had done.

Regarding the cash flow scenario, this defendant stated that he only received information from defendant Truong My Lan and then coordinated with Phuong Anh to come up with a loan and disbursement plan. However, the defendant did not know the details of how the cash flow was carried out.

Defendant Truong Khanh Hoang (Acting General Director of SCB Bank) admitted to coordinating with defendant Phuong Anh to develop a plan to disburse loans. However, the defendant was in charge of disbursing loans from the bank, while defendant Phuong Anh was in charge afterwards.

When asked by the jury how he perceived his criminal behavior, defendant Hoang said: "When I joined SCB, the bank was in difficulty, I only tried to help SCB restructure successfully. Later, I realized that my behavior was wrong, I was very sad when SCB's restructuring process was not successful."

Ms. Truong My Lan's driver, defendant Bui Van Dung, stated that his daily job was to pick up and drop off Ms. Lan to work. In addition, defendant Tran Thi Hoang Uyen (Ms. Lan's secretary) asked her to go to SCB Bank, Ho Chi Minh City Branch, to meet defendant Tran Thi Thuy Ai (former cashier) to get money back every day.

"The defendant received about more than 108 billion VND from Ms. Thuy Ai. When he arrived, he saw Ms. Ai put the money in the box. The defendant only had to put it in the car and take it back to 127 Pasteur or deliver it to Ms. Tran Xuan Phuong (secretary of defendant Ngo Thanh Nha) at Van Thinh Phat Group Joint Stock Company at 193-203 Tran Hung Dao (District 1)," defendant Dung stated.

In addition to transferring money to the above two addresses, defendant Dung also admitted to personally delivering money to many people under Ms. Lan's direction. Each time he delivered money, the defendant was rewarded from 500,000 to 1 million VND, but did not receive any other benefits.

Defendant Dung affirmed that he did not know that Ms. Lan obtained this money from the crime of embezzlement of SCB Bank's assets and money.

Defendant Tran Thi Thuy Uyen stated that in reality she was only a housekeeper for Ms. Lan's family, but to legitimize the payment, Ms. Lan gave her the title of secretary.

According to Uyen's testimony, in addition to doing housework, the defendant was assigned by Mrs. Lan to monitor the bank cards of Mrs. Lan and her husband and their two children. Accordingly, every time the bank sent a statement, the defendant looked at the names to see each person's spending and then reported to Mrs. Lan and the cardholders to check whether it was correct or not?

Defendant Uyen stated that from March 30 to August 20, 2019, he received more than VND 5,800 billion from defendant Bui Van Dung and did not know where the money came from. Regarding the transfer of money to individuals, every time he received a phone call from Ms. Lan saying that someone had come to collect the money, the defendant delivered it.

"The defendant, as a maid, has no knowledge. I hope the jury will consider this," defendant Uyen said, her voice choking.

Defendant Tran Xuan Phuong (secretary of defendant Ngo Thanh Nha) admitted to receiving about 325 billion VND transferred by defendant Bui Van Dung. According to Phuong's testimony, at first the defendant only knew that the source of this money was from SCB, only later did he know that this money was obtained from selling bonds.

Also according to Phuong's testimony, after receiving the money, under the direction of defendant Nha, the defendant used it to pay for the activities of Van Thinh Phat Group Joint Stock Company, charity activities and for individuals to buy real estate.

According to the indictment, from January 1, 2018 to October 7, 2022, defendant Truong My Lan and her accomplices appropriated more than VND 445,000 billion from the crime of embezzlement of assets of SCB Bank and fraudulent bond sales. After that, Ms. Lan directed her subordinates to come up with a plan to withdraw and transfer money out of the SCB Bank system to conceal the origin of the money and legalize the entire amount.

Someone appeared to want to pay 130 million USD to compensate for the consequences of Ms. Truong My Lan.

Lawyer Nguyen Thi Huyen Trang said that a friend wanted to lend Ms. Truong My Lan 130 million USD so that she could help the bondholders.

Ms. Truong My Lan brings out the 'super project' Amigo to help bondholders.

Although she repeatedly affirmed that she only lent the company to SCB Bank to issue bonds, defendant Truong My Lan used the "super project" Amigo in District 1 (HCMC) to remedy the consequences.

Defendant Truong My Lan testified about the lunch meeting to discuss the bond issuance.

Ms. Truong My Lan stated that at Ms. Hong's request, she organized a "lunch" and invited a number of defendants who were key leaders of SCB and Tan Viet Securities to discuss matters related to bond issuance.

Source: https://vietnamnet.vn/tai-xe-giup-viec-cung-bi-cuon-vao-vong-xoao-rua-tien-cua-ba-truong-my-lan-2325692.html