Embezzlement, former chief accountant of the Central Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology sentenced to death

With the accusation of embezzling hundreds of billions of dong, defendant Nguyen Hoang (former Head of Finance - Accounting Department, former Chief Accountant of the Central Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology under the Ministry of Health ) was sentenced to death by the trial agency.

On September 23, the Hanoi People's Court brought defendant Nguyen Hoang (born in 1971) to trial for the crime of "Embezzlement of property". In relation to the case, the court also brought two former Directors of the Central Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Dang Duc Anh (born in 1964) and Nguyen Tran Hien (born in 1954); Pham Son Thuy (born in 1959, former Chief Accountant) to trial for the crime of "Lack of responsibility causing serious consequences".

After a day of trial, the Hanoi People's Court sentenced defendant Nguyen Hoang to death. For the crime charged, Dang Duc Anh and Nguyen Tran Hien were each sentenced to 3 years in prison and Pham Son Thuy was sentenced to 4 years in prison.

National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology

According to the indictment, in February 2023, the Department of Internal Political Security, Ministry of Public Security received a complaint signed by Mr. Dang Duc Anh (Director of the Central Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology). According to the complaint, the institute's leadership checked the accounts and compared the books of the Finance - Accounting Department, and discovered that from January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2022, defendant Nguyen Hoang withdrew 110 billion VND from 4 accounts of the institute.

The investigation results determined that from March 2009 to February 2023, the Central Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology opened 6 accounts at a bank. During the management and use process, defendant Nguyen Hoang, in his role as accountant, chief accountant/head of the Finance - Accounting Department of the Central Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, wrote 409 fake withdrawal slips, checks and payment orders to withdraw more than 246 billion VND. After withdrawing the money, Hoang did not deposit it into the unit's fund, did not submit the withdrawal documents, self-monitored the balance fluctuations of the 6 accounts, and did not report to the account owner and the Finance - Accounting Department.

With the total amount withdrawn, more than 94 billion VND after withdrawal, defendant Hoang deposited back into the withdrawn accounts, the purpose is to keep the above accounts with money, avoiding detection. The remaining amount of more than 152 billion VND, Hoang appropriated for personal use.

At the investigation agency, defendant Nguyen Hoang admitted all of his crimes. After embezzling the entire amount of money, Nguyen Hoang only used it for personal use and gambling in the form of lottery, not spending it on anyone.

According to the indictment, defendant Dang Duc Anh failed to check and monitor the information of the "recipient" under the name Nguyen Hoang; did not check whether there was a proposed payment plan, payment settlement documents, or the necessity to withdraw money from the account, but only trusted the confirmation signatures of the chief accountant Pham Son Thuy and Nguyen Hoang, so he signed the withdrawal paper.

The prosecution agency accused that, as the head of the unit and account holder, defendant Dang Duc Anh did not check the unit's cash fund; did not inventory or reconcile the balances in the bank accounts, leading to defendant Nguyen Hoang withdrawing money many times over a long period of time but was not detected in time to take preventive measures. The total amount of money lost during the period defendant Dang Duc Anh was the Director was more than 129 billion VND.

Regarding defendant Nguyen Tran Hien, defendant Nguyen Hoang knew that this person completely trusted Pham Son Thuy. From March 2009 to February 2015, after having defendant Thuy's signature on the withdrawal documents, defendant Hoang transferred the withdrawal documents to Nguyen Tran Hien for signature along with documents that needed to be signed urgently so that defendant Hien would not detect. During the process of approving the withdrawal documents submitted by Nguyen Hoang for signature, defendant Nguyen Tran Hien failed to check and monitor the information of the recipient under Nguyen Hoang's name; did not check whether there were proposed payment plans, payment settlement documents, or the necessity to withdraw money from the account or not, but because he trusted Pham Son Thuy as the Chief Accountant. The total amount of money lost during the period when Mr. Hien was the Director of the Institute and the account holder was more than 23 billion VND.

GIA KHANH

Source: https://www.sggp.org.vn/tham-o-cuu-ke-toan-truong-vien-ve-sinh-dich-te-trung-uong-lanh-an-tu-hinh-post760356.html