As VietNamNet reported , the Ministry of Public Security's Investigation Police Agency has just issued the Investigation Conclusion of the Van Thinh Phat case and proposed to prosecute 86 defendants on 7 charges.
According to the investigation conclusion, during the period of building, approving and implementing the restructuring plan of Saigon Commercial Joint Stock Bank (SCB) in 2017 - 2018 by the Banking Inspection and Supervision Agency (TTGSNH) under the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV), 3 inspection teams worked with SCB. The investigation conclusion stated that, of the 3 inspection teams above, the 2017-2018 Interdisciplinary Inspection Team had a comprehensive scope and content of inspection of SCB Bank.
The inspection results are the basis for correctly assessing the situation, credit status, bad debt, debt structure of SCB Bank according to the restructuring plan for the period 2015-2019, the status of share ownership, control, and management at SCB of Ms. Truong My Lan, Van Thinh Phat Group.
This is for the Government and the State Bank to have appropriate solutions and measures. However, during the inspection process at SCB, individuals including leaders of the Banking Inspection Agency, the head of the delegation, deputy head of the delegation and members of the Inspection Team committed serious violations, received money, gifts, and material benefits from SCB to cover up, conceal, and dishonestly and incompletely report the inspection results to the State Bank.
This caused the State Bank to not have enough information and documents to advise and direct the handling of SCB's violations and prevent the criminal acts of Ms. Truong My Lan and her accomplices.
Story of "shut up and take the money"
Regarding the Van Thinh Phat case, Ms. Do Thi Nhan, former Director of the Banking Inspection and Supervision Department II under the Banking Inspection and Supervision Agency (SBV), was proposed to be prosecuted for the crime of Receiving bribes.
According to the investigation conclusion, Ms. Nhan was the head of the inspection team and the person in charge of the inspection team, primarily responsible for the inspection results of SCB Bank.
During the inspection at SCB Bank, Ms. Do Thi Nhan received a bribe of 5.2 million USD through SCB leaders Mr. Dinh Van Thanh (former Chairman) and Vo Tan Hoang Van (former General Director).
Specifically, around March 2018, Mr. Thanh and Mr. Van went to Hanoi and went to Ms. Nhan's office at the headquarters of the TTGSNH, No. 25 Ly Thuong Kiet (Hanoi), giving Ms. Nhan a bag of cherries and a bag containing 200,000 USD. Ms. Nhan brought the money home to keep.
From October to December 2018, during the period of drafting the Inspection Conclusion, consulting with relevant ministries and branches and then issuing the Inspection Conclusion at SCB Bank, Mr. Vo Tan Hoang Van and Nguyen Tuan Nam (Mr. Van's driver) brought styrofoam boxes containing USD to Ms. Nhan 3 times.
After each time she gave money at her home, Ms. Nhan asked Mr. Vo Tan Hoang Van what kind of money it was. Mr. Van said it was Ms. Truong My Lan's money to thank her for helping and supporting SCB during the inspection process.
After receiving the money, Ms. Nhan hid it in her private bedroom in the apartment in Mandarin building (Trung Hoa, Cau Giay, Hanoi), and did not use it for anything.
In December 2022, after the Ministry of Public Security's Investigation Police Agency initiated a case of fraud and property appropriation at Van Thinh Phat Group and related units, Ms. Nhan divided the money into two parts. The defendant brought 2.6 million USD to deposit at a relative's house in Nam Dinh City. Ms. Nhan put the remaining money in an iron box, locked it, and took it to her half-brother's house and put it in the bedroom closet. Ms. Nhan locked the closet and held the key.
Ms. Nhan affirmed that the people who received the money she sent had absolutely no idea about the origin of the money because they did not ask and Ms. Nhan absolutely did not say anything.
The younger brother confirmed that Ms. Nhan had asked him to keep the iron box in a cupboard at her home and voluntarily handed it over. The amount collected was 3 million USD. The relative in Nam Dinh confessed that Ms. Nhan had brought money to deposit twice, once 1.4 million USD and once 1.2 million USD. This person was completely unaware of the origin of the money.
Later, Ms. Nhan contacted Mr. Van many times to return the money but he did not come to receive it.
At the Investigation Police Agency, Ms. Nhan admitted that Ms. Truong My Lan asked Ms. Nhan to support and help SCB to soon issue the Inspection Conclusion.
The investigation agency believes that Ms. Nhan covered up, concealed, and reported dishonestly and incompletely the inspection results to the State Bank, leading to the State Bank not having enough information and documents to advise and direct the handling of violations of SCB Bank, preventing the crimes of Truong My Lan and her accomplices, causing especially serious consequences.
Defendant Nhan directed his subordinates to omit nearly VND 38,000 billion in bad debt classification data, set aside more than VND 18,700 billion in risk provisions, and forfeit more than VND 3,093 billion in revenue for 3 projects (Mui Den Do, 6A, and Royal Garden)...; with the aim of benefiting SCB Bank to legitimize and include it in the inspection team's report, draft inspection conclusion, and report to the Government.
Ms. Nhan was also accused of reporting dishonestly, incompletely, and distorting inspection results in a way that minimized violations; creating conditions to help SCB Bank continue restructuring.
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