Truong My Lan, chairwoman of Van Thinh Phat Holdings Group, has been sentenced to death for her role in a $12.5 billion financial fraud, the largest in Vietnam s history. The verdict is part of Vietnam s crackdown on corruption led by General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, with 84 defendants receiving sentences ranging from probation to life imprisonment. Lan s case highlights the pervasive nature of corruption in Vietnam s state and economy, with the "Blazing Furnace" campaign targeting senior officials and business executives.
Real estate tycoon Truong My Lan was sentenced Thursday to death by a court in Ho Chi Minh City in southern Vietnam in the country's largest financial fraud.
While Truong My Lan's arrest and the scale of the scam shocked the nation, the case has raised questions about whether other banks or businesses had similarly erred, dampening Vietnam’s economic outlook and making foreign investors jittery.
Real estate tycoon Truong My Lan was sentenced Thursday to death by a court in Ho Chi Minh City in southern Vietnam in the country's largest financial fraud.
Real estate tycoon Truong My Lan was sentenced Thursday to death by a court in Ho Chi Minh City in southern Vietnam in the country's largest financial fraud.