Accused Nguyễn Ngọc Thủy and Đặng Văn Hiển – Photo: Ministry of Public Security
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According to the Ministry of Public Security, the Ministry’s Investigation Police Agency is investigating a criminal case of “fraudulent appropriation of property” that occurred at Egroup Education Group JSC (Egroup Group), Egame Investment and Distribution JSC (Egame Company), and related units according to the Decision to initiate a criminal case No. 25/QD- CSKT-P6 dated March 21, 2024.
Based on the results of the expanded investigation, on December 1, 2024, the Investigation Police Agency of the Ministry of Public Security issued a Decision to supplement the decision to initiate a criminal case of “Bribery, Receiving Bribery” that occurred at the Egroup Group, Nhat Tran Commercial Services JSC (Nhat Tran Company) and a number of related units; at the same time, issue Decisions and Orders, specifically:
Issue a Decision to supplement the Decision to prosecute Nguyen Ngoc Thuy for the crime of “Bribery”, as prescribed in Clause 4, Article 364 of the Penal Code.
Issue a decision to prosecute and apply preventive measures and searches for 4 subjects, including:
Tong Thi Kim Lien, Chairman of the Board of Directors and Executive Director of Nhat Tran Company, for the crime of “Receiving Bribery”, as prescribed in Clause 4, Article 354 of the Penal Code.
Pham Thi Thanh Tho, Chief Accountant of Egroup Group, and Nguyen Thi Hoai Huong, Accountant of Egame Company, for the crime of “Fraudulent Appropriation of Property”, as prescribed in Clause 4, Article 174 of the Penal Code.
Nguyen Manh Phu, Chief Financial Officer of Egroup Group and Chief Accountant of Egame Company, for the crime of “Bribery”, as prescribed in Clause 4, Article 364 of the Penal Code, and the crime of “Fraudulent Appropriation of Property”, as prescribed in Clause 4, Article 174 of the Penal Code.
After the Supreme People’s Procuracy approved, the Investigation Police Agency of the Ministry of Public Security has executed the above decisions and orders in accordance with the law and is continuing to thoroughly investigate and expand the case, applying measures according to regulations to recover assets.
Previously, the Investigation Police Agency of the Ministry of Public Security had issued a decision to initiate a criminal case of “fraudulent appropriation of property” that occurred at the Egroup Group and Egame Company.
Nguyen Ngoc Thuy, Chairman of the Board of Directors and General Director of Egroup Group and Egame Company, and Dang Van Hien, Head of Shareholder Relations of Egame Company, were prosecuted for the crime of “fraudulent appropriation of property”, as prescribed in Clause 4, Article 174 of the Penal Code.
The Investigation Police Agency of the Ministry of Public Security determined that from 2015 to 2023, Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Thuy, as Chairman of the Board of Directors and General Director of Egroup Group and Egame Company, and his accomplices, used the legal entity of Egame Company to commit fraudulent acts in using non-existent shares of Egroup Group to mobilize capital through transactions such as selling shares for cash payment, transfer; selling shares for payment with real estate; borrowing investors’ money secured by share ownership.
