Ha Van Tham – former Chairman of the Board of Directors of Ocean Bank at the court (Source: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – The Investigation Police Agency under the Ministry of Public Security on September 1issued a decision launching criminal proceedings against the suspected deliberatelyviolation of State regulations causing serious consequences at the VietnamNational Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam).
The agency also prosecuted and arrested fivesuspects in the case as part of the expanded investigation of the case involvingHa Van Tham – former Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Ocean CommercialJoint Stock Bank (Ocean Bank) and his accomplices.
The arrested suspects include Ninh Van Quynh,incumbent deputy director general of PetroVietnam. The other four are NguyenXuan Son, former Chairman of PetroVietnam’s Member Council and Nguyen XuanThang, Nguyen Thanh Liem, and Vu Khanh Tuong, who are all ex-members of PetroVietnam’sMember Council.
They were prosecuted for deliberately violatingState regulations on economic management causing severe consequences under Article165 of the Penal Code.
During the investigation process, the police foundthat the suspects deliberately violating regulations causing economic lossesamounting to 800 billion VND (35.2 million USD) to PetroVietnam during theprocess of the group investing in the Ocean Bank.
The Hanoi People’s Court is holding a trial of theserious economic crime at Ocean Bank.
According to the indictment, Nguyen Xuan Son, who represented PetroVietnam’s stake at Ocean Bank, had abused his positionto organise and instruct illegal activities to appropriate 246 billion VND(over 10.8 million USD).-VNA
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