On November 5, the trial of defendant Truong My Lan (Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of Van Thinh Phat Group) and 47 other defendants continued with the questioning session.
During the break, when permitted by the court, defendant Truong My Lan met her husband Chu Lap Co, then returned to the questioning session of the representative of the People's Procuracy. The defendant affirmed that she took full responsibility for the case but denied running SCB Bank.
The defendant said he only participated in the bank restructuring process at the invitation of the State Bank and had put all of his personal assets into "saving" SCB, with the capital that the defendant mobilized from many sources to support SCB.
The defendants at trial.
Truong My Lan expressed her indignation at the accusations at the appeal hearing, saying that the information about her embezzling hundreds of thousands of billions was incorrect.
" I never needed money for myself, only because SCB needed it," Truong My Lan said and asked the panel of judges to consider the case comprehensively. The defendant added that if convicted, she would accept it without complaint.
Before this presentation, the representative of the People's Procuracy reminded the defendant that the defendant's violation of any provision of the law will determine the specific crime, and it is not the right of the court or the People's Procuracy to "give" the defendant the crime that the defendant thinks is appropriate.
Responding to the lawyer, Truong My Lan affirmed that she did not appeal her innocence, but requested a review of the charge of embezzlement and related figures, because "the crime of embezzlement is very serious."
Also at the trial, defendant Lan affirmed that she did not mortgage the 6A project (Trung Son, Binh Chanh) to SCB Bank. In addition, the Times Square building (District 1) is the hard work of Mr. Chu Lap Co - her husband - and is being seized, so she requested to exchange assets, replacing the 6A project with the Times Square building and committed not to sell this building so that Mr. Chu Lap Co has a source of income to overcome the consequences.
According to the case, from 2012 to October 2022, Ms. Truong My Lan acquired and held 85 - 91.5% of SCB shares. From there, the defendant became a shareholder with the "power" to direct, operate, and manipulate all activities of SCB, serving her various purposes.
The Chairman of Van Thinh Phat Group and his accomplices were accused of carrying out a series of acts including: selecting and arranging his trusted personnel for key positions at SCB; establishing a number of units under SCB specializing in lending and disbursing funds at the request of Truong My Lan; establishing and using thousands of "ghost" companies, hiring many individuals; colluding with individuals who are leaders of many related enterprises to commit crimes.
In addition, Truong My Lan and her accomplices colluded with many valuation companies to inflate the value of collateral; created a large number of fake loan applications to withdraw money from SCB; devised plans to withdraw money, "cut off" cash flow after disbursement; sold bad debts, sold deferred credit loans to reduce credit balance, reduce bad debts, to conceal violations; bribed and influenced people with positions and powers in state agencies to violate their duties.
From there, Truong My Lan and her accomplices, with different positions and roles, committed many crimes of infringement on property, infringement on the activities of the Bank, and the proper operation of State agencies.
In which, the Supreme People's Procuracy determined that many acts were carried out in the form of organized complicity with sophisticated and cunning tricks, causing especially serious consequences, appropriating and causing damage to an especially large amount of money.
Source: https://vtcnews.vn/truong-my-lan-nhan-trach-nhiem-trong-vu-an-nhung-phu-nhan-dieu-hanh-scb-ar905694.html
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