On February 28th, the Tan Phu District Police (Ho Chi Minh City) reported that Nguyen Tam Duy (born in 1983) has been temporarily detained for “unlawful possession of property.”
Prior to this, Duy went to a bank located on Tay Thanh Street (Tan Phu District) to transfer 1.5 million Vietnamese dong into his account. However, due to an accounting error, the bank staff mistakenly recorded the deposit amount as 1.5 billion Vietnamese dong instead of 1.5 million Vietnamese dong.
Nguyen Tam Duy
When he checked his bank account balance at home and noticed an abnormal 1.5 billion Vietnamese dong, instead of contacting the bank to return the amount, Duy transferred 50 million Vietnamese dong to his friend and asked him to withdraw and hold the money for him.
Subsequently, the bank discovered the error and contacted Duy to cancel the transaction and correct the accounting mistake. However, the bank was only able to seal and recover 1.45 billion Vietnamese dong, with the remaining amount not returned by Duy.
Despite being invited by the bank for clarification, Duy refused to cooperate, declined to sign any document, and did not return the unlawfully possessed amount to the bank before leaving.
Duy gave his friend 5 million Vietnamese dong and continued to withhold and use the remaining amount. Despite multiple requests, the bank was unable to recover the 50 million Vietnamese dong that Duy illegally possessed. As a result, the bank filed a complaint to the police.
Convicted for misappropriation of funds
On May 6th, 2022, the Ham Tan District People’s Court (Binh Thuan Province) sentenced Do Thi N. (born in 1996) to 6 months in prison, but suspended the sentence for the charge of unlawful possession of property.
However, during the transaction process, T mistakenly transferred the money to N’s account. Despite contacting N, he stubbornly refused to return the money, so T reported to the police.
