Big smuggling case at Nhat Cuong Company put on trial
The People’s Court of Hanoi on May 5 opened a first-instance trial of a case related to smuggling and violations of accounting regulations which occurred at the Nhat Cuong Technic Co Ltd.
Hanoi (VNA) – The People’s Court of Hanoi on May 5 opened afirst-instance trial of a case related to smuggling and violations ofaccounting regulations which occurred at the Nhat Cuong Technic Co Ltd.
This is one of the five major cases which the CentralSteering Committee for Corruption Prevention and Control has required to betried as early as possible.
At the opening session on May 5, the trial jury announced adecision to cancel the trial against Mai Tien Dung, 38, head of Nhat Cuong Company’sused mobile business line, who died due to fatal illness.
Among 14 defendants put on trial, there are three women. Allof the defendants have been held in custody.
Two defendants are charged with violating accountingregulations, causing serious consequences, who are Nguyen Bao Ngoc, the firm’sfinance director, and Nguyen Thi Bich Hang, its chief accountant.
The 12 other defendants, along with Ngoc, are prosecuted forsmuggling.
Regarding the charge of smuggling, the indictment said fromJanuary 2014 to May 2019, Bui Quang Huy, Nhat Cuong General Director, personallydirected the company’s staff to conduct 2,502 illegal transactions involvingthe purchase and sale of more than 255,000 mobile phones and electronicequipment worth over 2.92 trillion VND in total (126.7 million USD) with 16suppliers in Hong Kong (China).
Huy then contacted and hired smuggling rings to transportthe products from Hong Kong to Vietnam and hand over to the Nhat Cuong Companyfor selling, with a total of 52,811 products sold at a total value of 307billion VND.
As for the violations of accounting regulations that causeserious consequences, the indictment said in 2014, Huy instructed the firm’semployees to set up two different accounting systems, one for internal use andanother fake one for public reporting.
The procuracy said that this is a banned act under Article13 of the law on accounting, which caused a loss of nearly 30 billion VND intax revenue for the State.
Huy and several other defendants are on the run and havebeen put on the wanted list by police.
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The Investigation Police Agency under the Ministry of Public Security has proposed prosecuting 15 people involved in the Nhat Cuong Technic Co Ltd case for smuggling and violating accounting regulations, causing serious consequences.
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Defendants at the court (Photo: VNA) 
