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Former State Bank deputy governor tried for irresponsibility

The People’s Court of Ho Chi Minh City opened the first instance trial on June 25 for former deputy governor of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) Dang Thanh Binh on the charge of lack of responsibility causing serious consequences at the Vietnam Construction Joint Stock Commercial Bank (VNCB).
Former State Bank deputy governor tried for irresponsibility ảnh 1Former deputy governor of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) Dang Thanh Binh (Photo: VNA)

HCM City (VNA) – The People’s Court ofHo Chi Minh City opened the first instance trial on June 25 for former deputygovernor of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) Dang Thanh Binh on the charge oflack of responsibility causing serious consequences at the Vietnam ConstructionJoint Stock Commercial Bank (VNCB).

Other defendants tried for the same chargeinclude Ha Tan Phuoc (former head of the supervision group and deputy directorof the SBV branch in Long An province), Pham The Tuan (former deputy head ofthe supervision group), Le Van Thanh (former general inspector of the SBVbranch in Long An) and Ngo Van Thanh (ex-member of the supervision group).

The jury summoned nearly 20 people with relatedrights and obligations at the court, including Pham Cong Danh (former chairmanof the Board of Directors of VNCB) and Phan Thanh Mai (former general directorof VNCB), along with representatives from the SBV and the SBV branch in LongAn.

According to the indictment, Ha Tan Phuoc, LeVan Thanh, Pham The Tuan and Ngo Van Thanh, as members of the SBV supervisiongroup at VNCB, were assigned to supervise the operation of VNCB, includingtransactions worth 5 billion VND or more.

However, they failed to perform their missions,allowing Pham Cong Danh and his accomplices to withdraw money from the bank,causing serious consequences.

Thus, Ha Tan Phuoc and Pham The Tuan must bearjoint responsibility for the loss of more than 3.4 trillion VND (148.7 millionUSD), while Le Van Thanh and Ngo Van Thanh have joint responsibility for economicloss of over 6.5 trillion VND (284.3 million USD) and 10 trillion VND (437.5million USD) respectively, the indictment said.

Meanwhile, as the person in charge of the SBV’ssupervision agency, the legal department and tasked with assisting the SBV Governorin directing the reshuffle of six banks with poor performance, Dang Thanh Binhhad failed to perform his duties and implement restructuring plan of Dai Tin(Trust Bank) – the predecessor of the VNCB. 

Binh allowed Danh and his accomplices to jointhe management work and hold dominant shares at the bank, which enabled them tocause serious economic losses of over 15 trillion VND (656.2 million USD) tothe bank, according to the indictment.

The trial will run until June 29.-VNA

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