Sentence for Tan Hoang Minh chairman reduced to 7 years
Do Anh Dung, Chairman of Tan Hoang Minh Group, saw his sentence reduced from eight to seven years in prison by the High-level People's Court in Hanoi during an appeal hearing on September 25.
Defendant Do Anh Dung, Chairman of Tan Hoang Minh Group, at the appeal hearing on September 25 (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Do Anh Dung, Chairman of Tan Hoang Minh Group, saw his sentence reduced from eight to seven years in prison by the High-level People's Court in Hanoi during an appeal hearing on September 25.
The hearing reviewed Dung's appeal for a lighter sentence. The court acknowledged the appeal, consequently reducing his imprisonment by one year from the original sentence handed down by the first-instance court.
According to the jury, Dung faces punishment for "fraudulent appropriation of property".
During the proceedings, the defendant actively influenced his family to remedy the consequences, returning more than 8.6 trillion VND (nearly 349.7 million USD) – the entire amount embezzled in the case. Many of his victims had also filed petitions seeking leniency for him before the appeal trial while Tan Hoang Minh used to engage in numerous charitable activities. These are new details for the court to consider.
According to the first-instance judgement, between July 2021 and March 2022, Dung, through his son, authorised subordinates to use three subsidiary companies to issue nine separate bond packages worth 10.3 trillion VND (nearly 419 million USD) in order to steal over 8.6 trillion VND from 6,630 investors.
The first-instance court said that Dung was the mastermind who initiated the scheme from the beginning and gave directions on how to spend the money appropriated from the victims.
ꦕ Other defendants got jail terms ranging from 18 to 24 months, with five of them receiving an 18-month suspended sentence./.
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