China authorities approve arrest of ex-abbot of Shaolin Temple
World 10:50 17/11/2025Local authorities in China said Sunday they had approved the arrest of the former head of the Shaolin Temple, known as the birthplace of kung fu, over suspicion of embezzlement.
Former SJC CEO sentenced to 25 years in prison in gold case
Vietnam News 17:13 30/09/2025The People’s Court of Ho Chi Minh City on Monday handed down a 25-year prison sentence to Le Thuy Hang, former CEO of Saigon Jewelry Company (SJC), for embezzlement and abuse of power.
Vietnamese principal granted bail after 7-year embezzlement sentence for using fake invoices to make school equipment
Vietnam News 15:24 17/08/2025Tran Van Tam, principal of a middle school in Ca Mau, Vietnam’s southernmost province, was recently released on bail after receiving a seven-year prison sentence for using fake invoices to cover equipment he had made himself.
Vietnam passes law to abolish death penalty for embezzlement, bribery
Vietnam News 13:25 27/06/2025Vietnam’s legislature on Wednesday passed a law amending the Penal Code, officially abolishing the death penalty for eight criminal offenses, including embezzlement and receiving bribes.
Vietnam court upholds death sentence for banker in $18mn embezzlement case
Vietnam News 16:59 06/04/2022The former director of the OceanBank branch in Hai Phong City was sentenced to death for embezzlement
In Vietnam, education center treasurer arrested on suspicion of $281,000 embezzlement
Vietnam News 16:23 07/12/2021The treasurer reported a fake robbery to cover up her alleged embezzlement
Vietnam arrests former state-owned company leader for embezzlement
Vietnam News 13:02 16/05/2019Te Tri Dung’s mismanagement of Tan Thuan Company allegedly caused millions of dollars in losses to the state budget
Vietnamese customs warehouse-keeper faces death for stealing multiple seized tusks, rhino horns
Vietnam News 19:00 01/06/2018He received US$128,000 from selling the items and spent most of it on personal expenses and football betting
PetroVietnam ex-official sentenced to life imprisonment for second time
Vietnam News 16:00 06/02/2018Trinh Xuan Thanh has been given two life sentences for his violations in two different cases
Former PetroVietnam subsidiary chairman stands trial for embezzlement
Vietnam News 13:47 24/01/2018Trinh Xuan Thanh has already been sentenced to life in prison for property fraud while at PetroVietnam Construction Corporation
Embezzlers can escape death if returning part of appropriated property: Vietnam's new law
Vietnam News 17:01 27/12/2017The mimimal ratio is three-fourths of the illegally taken property
PetroVietnam joint-venture’s head arrested for alleged property embezzlement
Vietnam News 10:09 10/12/2017Dinh Manh Thang is the younger brother of Dinh La Thang
