The High-Level People’s Court in Ho Chi Minh City on December 25 upheld the prison sentences given by the municipal People’s Court to 12 defendants involved in the losses of over 6 trillion VND (258 million USD) at the Vietnam Construction Bank (VNCB).
Pham Cong Danh, ex-Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Vietnam Construction Bank (VNCB), has been given a 20-year prison term for “deliberately violating State regulations on economic management, causing severe consequences” at the bank.
A 20-year prison term has been proposed for Pham Cong Danh, ex-Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Vietnam Construction Bank (VNCB), for his involvement in the case of “deliberately violating State regulations on economic management, causing severe consequences” at VNCB.
The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Procuracy on June 27 proposed an imprisonment sentence of 4-5 years to Dang Thanh Binh, former Deputy Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) for the charge of lacking responsibility causing serious consequences at the Vietnam Construction Joint Stock Commercial Bank (VNCB).
The People’s Court of Ho Chi Minh City opened the first instance trial on June 25 for former deputy governor of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) Dang Thanh Binh on the charge of lack of responsibility causing serious consequences at the Vietnam Construction Joint Stock Commercial Bank (VNCB).
The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Court on May 4 gave punishments from three-year suspended prison sentences to seven-year imprisonment to the defendants charged with “violating regulations on lending in activities of credit institutions” at Dai Tin Commercial Joint Stock Bank (Trust Bank), the predecessor of the Vietnam Construction Bank (VNCB).
The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Court on February 7 decided to return the dossier of the case “deliberately violating State regulations on economic management causing severe consequences” at the Vietnam Construction Bank (VNCB, now Construction Bank – CB), and requested further investigation.
Pham Cong Danh, ex-Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Vietnam Construction Bank (VNCB, present name CB), said before court that all the money involved in the case of “deliberately violating State regulations on economic management causing severe consequences” in VNCB was used to serve the bank’s operation, not personal purposes.
The second-phase trial against Pham Cong Danh, ex-Chairman of Board of Directors of the Vietnam Construction Bank (VNCB) and his accomplices entered the third day on January 10, when the Ho Chi Minh City court began questioning the defendants.
The Procuracy of Ho Chi Minh City on January 9 announced an indictment against Pham Cong Danh, ex-Chairman of the Vietnam Construction Bank Board of Directors, and his accomplices who were charged with “deliberately violating State regulations on economic management causing severe consequences” at VNCB.
Former Deputy Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam Dang Thanh Binh has been prosecuted in relation to an economic crime worth 666 million USD at the Vietnam Construction Joint Stock Commercial Bank.
The Saigon Thuong Tin Commercial Joint Stock Bank (Sacombank) on August 1 delivered a press release on criminal proceedings against its former executives Tram Be and Phan Huy Khang.
Police have concluded that ex-banker Pham Cong Danh caused additional losses of more than 6 trillion VND in the second stage investigation into his case.
Ho Chi Minh City People’s High Court on January 24 upheld the lower court’s 30-year imprisonment sentence given to former Chairman of the Vietnam Construction Bank (VNCB) Board of Directors Pham Cong Danh.