Phan Van Anh Vu, 25 others prosecuted for Dong A Bank’s huge loss

The Supreme People’s Procuracy has completed an indictment to prosecute Phan Van Anh Vu, former chairman of the board of Bac Nam 79 Construction Joint Stock Company, and 25 others for causing economic losses of up to 3.6 trillion VND (160 million USD) to the Dong A Bank (DAB).
Phan Van Anh Vu, 25 others prosecuted for Dong A Bank’s huge loss ảnh 1Phan Van Anh Vu at a court on July 30, 2018 (Source: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) - The Supreme People’s Procuracy hascompleted an indictment to prosecute Phan Van Anh Vu, former chairman of theboard of Bac Nam 79 Construction Joint Stock Company, and 25 others for causingeconomic losses of up to 3.6 trillion VND (160 million USD) to the Dong A Bank(DAB).

Tran Phuong Binh, born in 1959, former general director andvice president of the DAB, and Nguyen Thi Kim Xuyen, the bank’s former deputygeneral director, were charged with “abusing position and power to appropriateassets” and “deliberately violating State regulations on economic management,causing serious consequences”. 

Phan Van Anh Vu and Pham Van Phuoc, former director of theNam Dinh Food JSC, were accused of “abusing position and power to appropriateassets”

Nguyen Thi Cuc, former head of the DAB supervision board;Phan Thi To Loan and Nguyen Vinh Son, both member of the board, were prosecutedfor “lacking responsibility to cause serious consequences”.

The remaining 19 prosecuted, including 15 high-level andsenior officers of the DAB and four bank borrowers, were charged with“deliberately violating State regulations on economic management, causingserious consequences.”

According to the Supreme People’s Procuracy, theirwrongdoings led to losses of more than 3.6 trillion VND (160 million USD) tothe DAB, pushing the bank on the verge of bankruptcy in late 2015 withaccumulated losses of more than 31 trillion VND.

Binh, Xuyen, Vu and Phuoc allegedly took more than 2.05trillion VND out of the total.

Binh and Xuyen were also said to be responsible for sixwrongdoings in the bank’s business management that resulted in losses of morethan 1.55 trillion VND. 

This was the fourth criminal case involving Phan Van Anh Vusince he was captured on the run in Singapore this January. In July, he wassentenced to nine years behind bars for disclosing State secrets. 

Other investigations into tax evasion and his role in dubiouspublic land management are ongoing.-VNA 

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