Telecom fraud boss jailed for 26 years
A court in the southern province of Dong Nai sentenced on Wednesday a man to 26 years in prison for masterminding a telecom equipment supply scam.
Nguyen Lam Thai, 46, was convicted of fraud and tax evasion by the Dong Nai People’s Court after he and 45 accomplices were tried at a hearing that began on April 9.
Vu Anh, Vu Cong Dai, Vu Ngoc Hoang, Nguyen Vi Thanh, Nguyen Quang Huy, and Pham Van Tien received sentences ranging from five years to seven and a half years for the same charges.
Le Thanh Hung and Dang Thi Thu Ha respectively got five and three years for tax evasion.
Nguyen Hoang Nhan and Le Quang Trung, former chiefs of the Ninh Thuan and Bac Lieu Provincial Post Offices, and Nguyen Tu Dung, former head of the Bac Lieu Post Office’s accounting division, received terms of up to three and a half years for "deliberate violation of the government’s economic management regulations, causing serious consequences."
The former bosses of 24 other post offices in central and southern provinces received suspended sentences.
The court exonerated four former officials of criminal responsibility.
Between 1999 and 2005 Thai’s CIP group won 110 contracts to supply equipment worth more than VND31 billion (US$1.9 million) to 26 post offices.
Through these deals, Thai and his accomplices pocketed VND24.3 billion.
They also "bought" 82 blank value-added tax invoices to fake purchases and evaded more than VND3.2 billion ($200,000) in tax.
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