Authorities in HCM City today asked the city police and the State Bank of Việt Nam’s branch in the city to investigate a theft of VNĐ26 billion (US$1.16 million) from a Việt Nam Prosperity Joint Stock Commercial Bank (VPBank) account.

According to a letter the People’s Committee of HCM City sent to the bank and the city police, it also proposed that the bank support city police to investigate the case, while the committee and the bank would co-operate to remove any difficulties during the investigation.

The Division of Economic Crimes and Management Positions Investigation of HCM City police has been investigating the case.

Meanwhile, VPBank said on its website on August 24 that it would co-operate with the police in the case.

Trần Thị Thanh Xuân, a VPBank customer and legal representative of Quang Huân Company, said that a fake seal and signature of Quang Huân Company’s account holder was created by the company’s accountant, Phạm Văn Trinh, and others to withdraw money from the account at VP Bank, according to VPBank deputy general director Nguyễn Thành Long.

Xuân opened the company’s account at VPBank in March 2015 for trading activities, and the account had VNĐ26 billion.

However, in July 2015, when Xuân went to withdraw money she found that the account only had a few hundred thousand Vietnamese đồng.

After the bank inspected its statements, it found that a staff member of VPBank, Xuân’s husband and an accountant of Quang Huân Company had withdrawn and transferred the money through a cheque from Quang Huân Company’s account to the accountant’s wife’s company.

Xuân said all transactions were not reported by the bank’s SMS to her phone though she had registered for the service.

Therefore, in September 2015, Xuân sent a letter to the HCM City’s police about her case.

According to VPBank, the bank received Xuân’s letter on October 19, 2015.

The bank had inspected the profile of the account and related individuals but they rejected Xuân’s accusation, while she did not co-operate with the bank to solve this case, and instead sent her complaint to the police.

Therefore, according to the bank, the police needed to investigate the case and clear any doubts about use of the account holder’s signature and Quang Huân Company’s seal, which led to the loss.

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courtesy of VIET NAM NEWS

by Viet Nam News

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