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Alibaba case: How did the defendants “launder money”?

Saturday, March 26, 2022 16:00 PM (GMT+7)

In the case that happened at Alibaba Real Estate Joint Stock Company (referred to as Alibaba Company) there are 3 accused accused of money laundering.

On March 26, Ho Chi Minh City People’s Procuracy (People’s Procuracy) completed the indictment against 23 defendants in the case of fraud, appropriation and money laundering that occurred at Ho Chi Minh City. Alibaba Real Estate Joint Stock Company (referred to as Alibaba Company). In this case, three defendants were charged with money laundering.

Those are accused Vo Thi Thanh Mai (wife of Nguyen Thai Luyen, holding 49.5% shares of Alibaba Company), defendant Nguyen Thai Luc (younger brother of Nguyen Thai Luyen) and defendant Huynh Thi Kim Thang (chief accountant of the company). company Alibaba).

The indictment of the People’s Procuracy of Ho Chi Minh City determined: Nguyen Thai Luc has 4 personal accounts at 4 banks. In which, there are 2 unused accounts, the remaining 2 accounts are one to receive monthly salary, one to receive money from Vo Thi Thanh Mai to transfer and withdraw cash and deliver it to Mai.

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Defendant Vo Thi Thanh Mai.

According to the indictment dated November 21, 2018, Vo Thi Thanh Mai directed Nguyen Thai Linh Luyen’s brother paid 50 billion VND to Luc’s account number 179797988, then directed Luc to withdraw and open a savings book with the amount of 50 billion VND, term of 6 months at ACB. The source of 50 billion dong is all money paid by customers to buy land at Alibaba Company.

After that, under Mai’s direction, Luc withdrew VND 31 billion and opened a savings book for Huynh Thi Kim Thang in ACB’s name. Continuing to follow Mai’s direction, Thang withdrew 18 billion VND from his savings book and bought two houses at addresses 96A, 96B, Quarter 6, Tan Tien Ward, Bien Hoa City, Dong Nai Province. The remaining 13 billion dong is still kept in the savings book.

After the Public Security Agency prosecuted the case, executed arrest warrants for a number of individuals, and searched at Alibaba’s headquarters on September 18, 2019, on September 19, 2019, Mai directed Thang to transfer all of them. the amount of principal and interest is more than 13.9 billion dong to account number 90606168 by Mai in ACB’s name. On the same day of September 19, 2019, Mai transferred 13 billion VND to Luc’s account number 179797988, then directed Luc to withdraw and hand it back to Mai.

According to the indictment, the defendants Vo Thi Thanh Mai, Nguyen Thai Luc and Huynh Thi Kim Thang all admitted that they knew clearly that the amount of 13.9 billion VND mentioned above was money collected from customers, because Luyen cheated to appropriate property. but still follow Mai’s direction to hide the origin of the money. The amount of 13 billion VND mentioned above, Mai said that it had been used up for personal purposes and paid for external loans, so far, the Police Investigation Agency has not recovered.

The aforementioned defendants were charged with money laundering under Article 324 of the 2015 Penal Code.

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