上周二,因數(shù)十億美元詐騙案被判死刑的越南房地產(chǎn)大亨在法庭上懇求寬恕,聲稱她正在努力償還竊取的款項。
今年早些時候,現(xiàn)年68歲的房地產(chǎn)開發(fā)商張美蘭因侵吞西貢商業(yè)銀行(Saigon Commercial Bank,SCB)公款被判定有罪。據(jù)檢方稱,西貢商業(yè)銀行受她控制。因詐騙總額高達270億美元,她被判處死刑,這是歷史上最嚴重的腐敗案件之一。
她正在胡志明市的一家法院對判決提出上訴,預計判決結果將在幾天內(nèi)公布。
在庭審的最后陳述中,張美蘭表示:“我唯一的想法是如何償還欠越南國家銀行(State Bank of Vietnam,SBV)和人民的債務。我沒有考慮對自己和家人造成的傷害?!?/p>
她表示,“我為浪費國家資源而感到痛心”,并補充說她對被指控此罪“感到非常羞愧”。
張美蘭懇求法庭,“請重新考慮并減輕我的刑罰?!?/p>
根據(jù)越南法律,如果張美蘭能主動歸還四分之三的侵吞資產(chǎn),并被判定為充分配合當局,她有可能免于死刑。
然而,檢方在周一的庭審中表示,她并未滿足上述條件,并強調(diào)其犯罪后果“巨大且史無前例”。
法庭辯論的關鍵點之一,是對張美蘭個人財產(chǎn)的估算。
張美蘭是房地產(chǎn)開發(fā)集團萬盛發(fā)(Van Thinh Phat)的創(chuàng)始人。她在庭上表示,償還竊取資金的“最快方式”是“清算西貢商業(yè)銀行,并出售我們的資產(chǎn)以償還越南國家銀行和人民的債務”。
數(shù)萬名將積蓄投資于西貢商業(yè)銀行的儲戶蒙受了損失,這一事件震驚了越南這個共產(chǎn)主義國家,并引發(fā)了受害者罕見的抗議。周二,受害者再次在河內(nèi)的越南國家銀行門前示威。
越南國家銀行在4月份表示,已向西貢商業(yè)銀行注資以穩(wěn)定該行,但并未透露具體金額。
在今年4月的首次審判中,張美蘭被判貪污125億美元,但檢方指出,該詐騙案造成的總損失高達270億美元,相當于越南2023年國內(nèi)生產(chǎn)總值的6%左右。
在11月初開始的本次上訴中,共有47名其他被告請求減刑。
上個月,張美蘭在另一起案件中被判洗錢罪,并被判處終身監(jiān)禁。(財富中文網(wǎng))
翻譯:劉進龍
審校:汪皓
上周二,因數(shù)十億美元詐騙案被判死刑的越南房地產(chǎn)大亨在法庭上懇求寬恕,聲稱她正在努力償還竊取的款項。
今年早些時候,現(xiàn)年68歲的房地產(chǎn)開發(fā)商張美蘭因侵吞西貢商業(yè)銀行(Saigon Commercial Bank,SCB)公款被判定有罪。據(jù)檢方稱,西貢商業(yè)銀行受她控制。因詐騙總額高達270億美元,她被判處死刑,這是歷史上最嚴重的腐敗案件之一。
她正在胡志明市的一家法院對判決提出上訴,預計判決結果將在幾天內(nèi)公布。
在庭審的最后陳述中,張美蘭表示:“我唯一的想法是如何償還欠越南國家銀行(State Bank of Vietnam,SBV)和人民的債務。我沒有考慮對自己和家人造成的傷害?!?/p>
她表示,“我為浪費國家資源而感到痛心”,并補充說她對被指控此罪“感到非常羞愧”。
張美蘭懇求法庭,“請重新考慮并減輕我的刑罰?!?/p>
根據(jù)越南法律,如果張美蘭能主動歸還四分之三的侵吞資產(chǎn),并被判定為充分配合當局,她有可能免于死刑。
然而,檢方在周一的庭審中表示,她并未滿足上述條件,并強調(diào)其犯罪后果“巨大且史無前例”。
法庭辯論的關鍵點之一,是對張美蘭個人財產(chǎn)的估算。
張美蘭是房地產(chǎn)開發(fā)集團萬盛發(fā)(Van Thinh Phat)的創(chuàng)始人。她在庭上表示,償還竊取資金的“最快方式”是“清算西貢商業(yè)銀行,并出售我們的資產(chǎn)以償還越南國家銀行和人民的債務”。
數(shù)萬名將積蓄投資于西貢商業(yè)銀行的儲戶蒙受了損失,這一事件震驚了越南這個共產(chǎn)主義國家,并引發(fā)了受害者罕見的抗議。周二,受害者再次在河內(nèi)的越南國家銀行門前示威。
越南國家銀行在4月份表示,已向西貢商業(yè)銀行注資以穩(wěn)定該行,但并未透露具體金額。
在今年4月的首次審判中,張美蘭被判貪污125億美元,但檢方指出,該詐騙案造成的總損失高達270億美元,相當于越南2023年國內(nèi)生產(chǎn)總值的6%左右。
在11月初開始的本次上訴中,共有47名其他被告請求減刑。
上個月,張美蘭在另一起案件中被判洗錢罪,并被判處終身監(jiān)禁。(財富中文網(wǎng))
翻譯:劉進龍
審校:汪皓
A Vietnamese property tycoon sentenced to death for multi-billion-dollar fraud begged a court to spare her life Tuesday, saying she was trying to repay the stolen funds.
Property developer Truong My Lan, 68, was convicted earlier this year of embezzling money from Saigon Commercial Bank (SCB) — which prosecutors said she controlled — and condemned to die for fraud totaling $27 billion in one of the biggest corruption cases in history.
She is appealing against her sentence at a court in Ho Chi Minh City, with the ruling expected in the coming days.
In her final remarks before the court, Lan said: “My only thought is on how to repay the debt to the SBV (State Bank of Vietnam) and the people. I don’t think about the damage to myself and my family.
“I feel pained due to the waste of national resources,” Lan said, adding she felt “very embarrassed to be charged with this crime”.
“Please reconsider and reduce my sentence,” she asked the court.
According to Vietnamese law, Lan could escape the death penalty if she proactively returns three-quarters of the embezzled assets and is judged to have co-operated sufficiently with authorities.
But prosecutors argued Monday that she had not met the conditions, and emphasised her crime’s consequences were “huge and without precedent”.
Among key points being debated in court is an estimate of Lan’s personal wealth.
Lan, who founded real estate development group Van Thinh Phat, told the court that “the quickest way” to repay the stolen funds would be “to liquidate SCB, and sell our assets to repay SBV and the people”.
Tens of thousands of people who had invested their savings in SCB lost money, shocking the communist nation and prompting rare protests from the victims — who demonstrated again on Tuesday outside the State Bank of Vietnam in Hanoi.
The State Bank said in April that it pumped funds into SCB to stabilise it, without revealing how much.
During her first trial in April, Lan was found guilty of embezzling $12.5 billion, but prosecutors said the total damages caused by the scam amounted to $27 billion — equivalent to around six percent of the country’s 2023 GDP.
A total of 47 other defendants have requested reduced sentences at the appeal, which began in early November.
Last month, Lan was convicted of money laundering and jailed for life in a separate case.