Vietnamese property tycoon sentenced to death in $27bn fraud case
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Truong My Lan found guilty of embezzling from Saigon Commercial Bank in case that was part of wider crackdown
  • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
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    7 months ago

    Truong My Lan, the chair of the developer Van Thinh Phat

    Nice combination there.

    Lan, who was arrested in October 2022, had denied the charges. A relative told Reuters before the verdict that she would appeal. The death sentence is an unusually severe punishment for a corruption case.

    It shouldn’t be.