At the hearing (Photo: VNA)Thamand his accomplices were charged by the Supreme People’s Procuracy forinfringements of regulations on the lending activities of credit institutions;abusing position and authority while performing duties; and deliberatelyviolating State regulations on economic management causing severe consequences,according to the Penal Code.
Forty-sevenout of the total 48 defendants were present at the hearing, including formerCEOs Nguyen Xuan Son and Nguyen Thi Minh Thu, and former Deputy CEOs Nguyen VanHoan and Le Thi Thu Thuy.
Accordingto the court’s verdict, Oceanbank committed extremely serious violations in lending,mobilising deposits, and paying customers with higher interest rates than theceiling regulated by the central bank, affecting the implementation of State’smonetary policy.
Whileholding the highest position at the bank, Tham directed his subordinates toapprove a loan for former Chairman of the Vietnam Construction Bank’s Board ofDirectors Pham Cong Danh without guaranteeing the lending conditions,collateral and proper purposes, thus causing an economic loss of nearly 350billion VND (15.3 million USD) for the bank.
He had directed the bank’s staff to pay interest rates outside of the mobilising deposit contracts for customers, causing serious economic losses for Oceanbank, the procuracy agency said.
Son was found to coordinate with Tham to charge customers additional fees, triggering a loss of nearly 69 billion VND (3.02 million USD) for the bank and customers. Meanwhile, Thu instructed the bank’s branches to pay interest rates outside the mobilizing deposit contracts, causing a loss of 1.576 trillion VND (69 million USD).
The hearing is scheduled to last 20 days. - VNA
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