The Vietnamese tycoon, who went to prison for a lifetime in the money laundering case on Monday on Monday reduced his sentence to 30 years after she stated that there was a “incident”.
Developer properties Truong is my local network Already lost a challenge against the death penalty in a separate case when she was found guilty last April of theft of Saigon Commercial Bank (SCB) and $ 27 billion fraud.
The Appeal Court ruled that there was no reason to cut her sentence but said she can still avoid the death penalty When she returned three -quarters of stolen assets. This means that it can still avoid shooting if it returns $ 9 billion, or three -quarters of $ 12 billion that she was stealing, BBC reports.
Four months later, the Appeal Court in Hoshimin ruled on Monday that a lifetime imprisoned for three crimes will be reduced to 30 years during the second trial in October.
“Lan played a major role … (But) we also take into account the amount of money that Lan spent on overcoming the consequences,” said Judge Pem Kong Muoy after appealing on how her assets could be used to compensate for the victims of her crimes.
Prosecutors said she had talked about a quarter of $ 1.2 billion, which she cheated from thousands of bond investors.
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“The total cost of its shares actually exceeding the required amount of compensation,” said Nguyen Hi Tipep's lawyer before her appeal was rejected. “However, this requires time and effort, as many assets are real estate and require time to eliminate. Truong May Local Network hopes the court will be able to create the most favorable conditions for it to continue to compensate.”
Lan Chu Lap Co's husband did not address, but the judicial panel concluded that his two -year term should be cut down twice after he abandoned $ 1.2 million he was laundered.
In his recent words, Lan called that he had happened as a “accident” last week.
“Ever since I was imprisoned, I have tried my best … to look for the best solutions to (cope with my) projects and properties,” she said she stated that the state media had stated.
“Please get my effort,” she added.
The court determined that Lan was an “inspirer”
The 68-year-old guy was found guilty of laundering for $ 17.7 billion and an illegal cross-border trade in $ 4.5 billion.
She was also found guilty of bond fraud.
During the trial, the court determined that Lan was “an inspirer, committed a crime with complex methods many times, which caused particularly serious consequences.”
During the first court trial in April 2024, Lan was found guilty of theft of $ 12.5 billion, but the prosecutor's office said the losses caused by $ 27 billion, which equivalently about six percent Wool.
Lan owned only five percent of the SCB on paper, but the court concluded that it effectively controlled more than 90 percent thanks to the family, friends and employees.
Tens of thousands of people who put their savings in the bank lost money, causing rare protests in the communist nation.
During the trial, Lan sometimes called for a challenge, but in recent hearings on the verdict she was more invested, reports BBC. She said she was ashamed that she was such a drain on the state, and only her thought was to return what she had taken.
“I feel excruciating to the waste of national resources,” Lan said in November, adding that he was “very shy to be accused of this crime.”