At around 3:00 pm on March 6, the second day of the trial of the Vạn Thịnh Phát case, the People’s Procuracy of Ho Chi Minh City announced the content of the conclusions mentioned in the indictment.
According to the indictment, the Supreme People’s Procuracy proposes the application of 9 mitigating circumstances for the defendants.
Specifically, according to the prosecution, except for the defendant Trương Mỹ Lan and 5 wanted defendants (5 former SCB bank officials), the remaining 80 defendants in the case have sincerely admitted their guilt during the investigation and prosecution process.
Defendant Trương Mỹ Lan |
Many defendants have been identified as actively cooperating with the investigating authorities to clarify the nature of the case, including: Võ Tấn Hoàng Văn, Trương Khánh Hoàng, Trần Thị Mỹ Dung, Nguyễn Phương Anh, Trương Huệ Vân, Dương Tấn Trước, Trần Hoàng Giang, Từ Văn Tuấn, Cao Việt Dũng…
The defendants voluntarily or through family influences have paid money and assets to mitigate the consequences of their own criminal acts. Among them, the defendant Dương Tấn Trước (former CEO of Tường Việt Company) has returned over 813 billion dong to SCB bank, requested to return over 2,200 billion dong received from defendant Trương Mỹ Lan, and made a payment of 52 billion dong for reparation. The defendant who contributed the least amount was 2 million dong.
 Defendant Trương Huệ Vân
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Defendant Trương Huệ Vân, niece of defendant Trương Mỹ Lan, paid 1 billion dong and 3,000 USD. Defendant Chu Lập Cơ (husband of defendant Trương Mỹ Lan) paid 1 billion dong each.
Mr. Nguyễn Cao Trí (defendant accused of fraudulently appropriating 1,000 billion dong from defendant Trương Mỹ Lan) has paid over 657 billion dong.
The individual who received the most bribes from defendant Trương Mỹ Lan (5.2 million USD) is defendant Đỗ Thị Nhàn, who has paid 4.8 million USD and 10 bank deposit books with a total amount of over 10 billion dong.
Other mitigating circumstances proposed to be applied include: defendants with outstanding achievements in their work; being sick or in poor health; having a good background, committing the crime for the first time; actively participating in charity activities, pandemic prevention, and contributing to the community…
The content of the indictment also reflects that the Supreme People’s Procuracy believes that the investigation and prosecution process of the case has revealed many loopholes in certain legal documents, in the state management and banking sector, which are the causes and conditions leading to the criminal acts of the defendants.
Therefore, the Supreme People’s Procuracy stated that it will propose relevant authorities to develop regulations, policies, and solutions to rectify and prevent violations and crimes.
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