Mr. Vo Tan Hoang Van started working at SCB Bank from July 2013 as Deputy General Director. From December 2013 to July 2020, Mr. Van was appointed by Ms. Truong My Lan to the position of General Director of SCB until July 2020. The former General Director of SCB was also the person representing Ms. Truong My Lan who bribed former Director of the Banking Inspection and Supervision Department Do Thi Nhan.
Was directed to take 5.2 million USD to bribe
According to the investigation agency, Mr. Vo Tan Hoang Van admitted that he had followed the instructions of Ms. Truong My Lan to give money to Ms. Do Thi Nhan - former Director of the Banking Inspection and Supervision Department - many times with a total amount of 5.2 million USD. Specifically, on March 22, 2018, he gave Do Thi Nhan 200,000 USD at Ms. Nhan's office at the headquarters of the Banking Inspection and Supervision Agency. On October 2, 2018, Van and Nguyen Nam Tuan drove to Nhan's private house (in Trung Hoa, Cau Giay, Hanoi ) to give 2 million USD. Next, on October 9, 2018, Van went to Nhan's house to give 2 million USD; on December 12, 2018, Van and Tuan went to Nhan's house to give another 1 million USD (the USD were all disguised in Styrofoam boxes containing fruit). After each time giving money to Nhan, Van informed Ms. Truong My Lan.
Mr. Vo Tan Hoang Van, former General Director of SCB, is the one who bribed Ms. Do Thi Nhan with 5.2 million USD.
Regarding the source of the bribe money, the former General Director of SCB confirmed that the money was taken from a private source by Ms. Truong My Lan, and transferred from SCB Saigon to SCB Cau Giay (legalized by withdrawal, deposit, and transfer transactions) to be withdrawn, converted into USD, and given to Van or Nguyen Nam Tuan. Mr. Van filed a criminal complaint about Do Thi Nhan's act of receiving money.
In addition to giving bribes to Do Thi Nhan, Vo Tan Hoang Van also confessed to being the one who directly gave a total of 390,000 USD to Nguyen Van Hung on holidays (from April 2016 to September 2018) and on Van's business trips to Hanoi in 2018. At the same time, he also directly and directed his subordinates at SCB to give money and gifts to the members of the Inspection Team (Nguyen Thi Phung, Deputy Head of the Team from 100 - 200 million VND or from 5,000 - 10,000 USD/time); Vuong Do Anh Tuan, Nguyen Van Thuy the amount of 10,000 USD/time; the members of the team from 30 - 50 million VND/person/time).
Bypass the loan process because Ms. Lan is the real owner of SCB
Mr. Vo Tan Hoang Van confessed to the investigation agency that loans to customers in the VTP Group ecosystem accounted for a large proportion of the money that SCB lent. Whenever she needed money for use, Truong My Lan would call to discuss and direct SCB to disburse a certain loan for her to use.
Vo Tan Hoang Van himself clearly knew that the money after being disbursed under the names of individuals and legal entities in the Van Thinh Phat ecosystem was to be withdrawn for use such as paying off old loans at SCB, paying off loans at other banks, buying new projects, investing in projects and using for other purposes of Ms. Truong My Lan. The use of money was not in accordance with the plan in the loan application. However, because he knew that Truong My Lan was actually the owner of SCB, after being directed, Vo Tan Hoang Van and the leaders and employees would complete the documents for disbursement.
Mr. Van also knows clearly through each stage, the individuals that Ms. Truong My Lan brought up to be leaders of SCB to direct lending to the customer group belonging to Van Thinh Phat. They are Ms. Nguyen Thi Thu Suong - Chairwoman of the Board of Directors (BOD) of SCB; Mr. Dinh Van Thanh - Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of SCB and Mr. Tram Thich Ton - Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of SCB as well as the Executive Board, the re-appraisal department...
Ms. Truong My Lan - Owner of VTP Group manipulated all activities of SCB Bank.
In addition, to avoid inspection and supervision of lending activities, Ms. Truong My Lan directed Vo Tan Hoang Van and Dinh Van Thanh - Chairman of the Board of Directors of SCB to establish new lending units at SCB Headquarters to handle loans as requested by Ms. Lan...
From November 18, 2013 to July 25, 2020, in his role as General Director, member of the Board of Directors, member of the Central Business and Investment Council, Chairman of the Headquarters Business and Investment Council, he personally signed 575 re-evaluation reports, 547 minutes of meetings of the Headquarters Business and Investment Council, 390 reports to the General Director, 9 minutes of meetings of the Central Business and Investment Council, 372 minutes of meetings, and votes of the Board of Directors agreeing to lend to 402 customers who are individuals and legal entities in the ecosystem of VTP Group, with 638 loans at SCB Bank, with a balance as of October 17, 2022 of more than VND 271,308 billion in principal, VND 133,801 billion in interest and fee debt, with a total debt of VND 405,110 billion.
Quick view 12:00 on November 20: The entire SCB inspection team received bribes
The investigation agency said that the verification results were sufficient to determine that Vo Tan Hoang Van was a person with a position and authority who took advantage of his authority to actively assist and accomplice Truong My Lan in committing the crimes of "Embezzlement of property" and "Violation of regulations on banking activities and other activities related to banking activities". The criminal acts of the former General Director of SCB jointly caused losses to SCB Bank of more than VND 60,502 billion; jointly appropriated more than VND 192,434 billion of SCB, causing losses in interest debt of more than VND 101,247 billion.
Vo Tan Hoang Van admitted: He knew clearly that these loans belonged to VTP Group because they all had in common the signing of false procedures, legalizing loan documents to disburse and withdraw money from SCB under the direction of Ms. Truong My Lan. In fact, SCB did not appraise customers, appraise collateral, did not care about loan options, and ignored the normal lending process.
According to the investigation agency, Vo Tan Hoang Van was the person who directly gave money to Nhan under the direction of Truong My Lan, proactively reported in detail the giving of money to Nhan and other individuals during the inspection process, denounced Nhan's actions (before the case was prosecuted), and actively cooperated with the investigation agency. Therefore, based on Articles 29 and 364 of the Penal Code, Article 5 of Resolution 03/2020 of the Council of Judges of the Supreme People's Court , Vo Tan Hoang Van is not considered criminally responsible for the crime of "Bribery".
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