Hanoi (VNA) - Twelve people involved in violations of banking operations atthe Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV) will be brought totrial on July 20, according to the Hanoi People’s Court.
Tran Bac Ha, former Chairman of the bank, was determined to have been themastermind behind the violations. He, however, died in prison in July lastyear after a long illness.
The accused include Tran LucLang and Doan Anh Sang, former Deputy General Directors of BIDV; Kieu Dinh Hoa,former Director of BIDV’s Ha Tinh branch (BIDV Ha Tinh), and Le Thi Van Anh,former customer service head of BIDV Ha Tinh; and Ngo Duy Chinh, formerDirector of BIDV's Ha Thanh branch (BIDV Ha Thanh), Nguyen Xuan Giap, formerDeputy Director of BIDV Ha Thanh, Pham Hong Quang, former head of the branch’s customerservice division, and Dang Thanh Nam, an official in charge of customermanagement at BIDV Ha Thanh.
They were prosecuted for“violating regulations on banking operations, other activities relating tobanking operations.”
Other suspects accused of abusing trust to appropriate property include DoanHong Dung, former Director of the Trung Dung Company, Tran Anh Quang and DinhVan Dung, both former General Directors of the Binh Ha Company, and Nguyen ThiThanh Son, former Director of the Ha Nam Company.
According to the indictment, from 2011 to 2016, taking advantage of hisposition, Tran Bac Ha directed his subordinates at BIDV and its Ha Tinh and HaThanh branches to illegally grant loans to the Binh Ha and Trung Dungcompanies, causing losses of over 1.67 trillion VND (72.37 million USD).
Ha was therefore charged with “violating regulations on banking operations,other activities relating to banking operations”, in line with Article 206,Clause 4 of the 2015 Penal Code./.
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