Image of defendant Truong My Lan on the day of sentencing

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    HCMC - On the morning of October 17, after nearly a month of first-instance trial, the People's Court of HCMC sentenced defendant Truong My Lan and 33 accomplices in phase 2.

    Sang 17.10, TAND TPHCM se tuyen an so tham giai doan 2 vu an Van Thinh Phat doi voi bi cao Truong My Lan cung 33 bi cao khac ve cac toi lua dao chiem doat tai san, rua tien, van chuyen trai phep tien te qua bien gioi do cac sai pham xay ra tai Cong ty co phan Tap doan Van Thinh Phat, Ngan hang TMCP (SCB) va cac don vi lien quan.
    After 1 month of trial, on the morning of October 17, the Ho Chi Minh City People's Court entered the first instance verdict of phase 2 of the Van Thinh Phat case against defendant Truong My Lan and 33 other defendants for the crimes of "Fraudulent appropriation of property", "Money laundering", "Illegal transportation of currency across the border", due to violations occurring at Van Thinh Phat Group Joint Stock Company, Saigon Commercial Joint Stock Bank (SCB) and related units.
    Truoc do, trong phan luan toi, dai dien vien kiem sat de nghi tuyen phat bi cao Truong My Lan tu chung than ve cac toi “Lua dao chiem doat tai san”, “Rua tien“, “Van chuyen trai phep tien te qua bien gioi“.
    After more than 8 hours, defendant Truong My Lan and other defendants were escorted into the courtroom by the authorities. Previously, in the indictment, the representative of the Procuracy proposed sentencing defendant Truong My Lan to life in prison for the crimes of "Fraudulent appropriation of property", "Money laundering", and "Illegal transportation of currency across the border".
    Trong vu an nay, bi cao Truong My Lan bi cao buoc da van chuyen trai phep hon 4,5 ti USD (khoang 106.730 ti dong) qua bien gioi trong 10 nam; rua tien hon 445.000 ti dong va lua 35.824 bi hai qua hinh thuc phat hanh trai phieu khong, chiem doat hon 30.869 ti dong.
    In this case, defendant Truong My Lan was accused of illegally transporting more than 4.5 billion USD (about 106,730 billion VND) across the border in 10 years; laundering more than 445,000 billion VND and defrauding 35,824 victims through the issuance of fake bonds, appropriating more than 30,869 billion VND.
    Bi cao Chu Lap Co - chong bi cao Truong My Lan bi de nghi muc an 24-30 thang tu vi rua hon 33 ti dong cho vo.
    The remaining defendants were recommended to be sentenced from 2 to 27 years in prison. Among them, defendant Chu Lap Co - husband of defendant Truong My Lan was recommended to be sentenced from 24 to 30 months in prison for money laundering of more than 33 billion VND for his wife.
    Cac bi cao khac bi de nghi muc an tu 15 - 27 nam tu; rieng chong bi cao Lan la Chu Lap Co, bi de nghi 24-30 thang tu ve toi “rua tien” va chau gai Truong Hue Van bi de nghi tu 6 - 7 nam tu ve toi “Lua dao chiem doat tai san“.
    Defendant Truong Hue Van (niece of defendant Truong My Lan) was proposed to be sentenced to 6-7 years in prison for the crime of "Fraudulent appropriation of property" with the accusation of signing fake contracts and documents to help defendant Lan and her accomplices issue bonds, appropriating 13,000 billion VND from 20,623 victims.
    Bi cao Ngo Thanh Nha (Tong giam doc Cong ty Tap doan dau tu Van Thinh Phat, em dau ba Lan), bi Vien Kiem sat de nghi phat 7-8 nam tu ve toi “Lua dao chiem doat tai san”.
    Defendant Ngo Thanh Nha (General Director of Van Thinh Phat Investment Group, sister-in-law of defendant Lan), was proposed by the Procuracy to be sentenced to 7-8 years in prison for the crime of "Fraudulent appropriation of property".
    Ve dan su, Vien Kiem sat de nghi HDXX tuyen buoc ba Truong My Lan boi thuong toan bo thiet hai, giu nguyen su tu nguyen khac phuc hau qua cua bi cao, tich thu nhung tang vat co lien quan, tiep tuc ke bien, bat dong san cua Truong My Lan.
    Regarding civil matters, the Procuracy requested the Trial Panel to order the defendant Truong My Lan to compensate for all damages, maintain the defendant's voluntary remedy of the consequences, confiscate related exhibits, and continue to seize Truong My Lan's real estate.
    Cac bi cao dung nghe Hoi dong xet xu doc ban tuyen an.
    The defendants stood listening to the jury read the verdict.
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