Prosecution of 3 defendants in a case involving the father and son of giant Thien ‘Soi’

On April 19, the People’s Procuracy of Phu My town, Ba Ria – Vung Tau province said that it had completed the indictment against the accused Lam Thi Thu Tra (SN 1974, resident of Vung Tau city) on two crimes of lending interest. Heavy in civil transactions and Money Laundering.

Also being prosecuted with Tra, there are also Dang Thi Tuyet Lan (SN 1966) and Lam Vu Viet Anh (SN 1989, living in Vung Tau City) with the role of helpers, crime of usury in civil transactions. .

According to the indictment, between 2018 and 2020, Tra lent money to many people with interest rates ranging from 1,000 to 5,000 VND/1 million VND/day.

On the due date, if the borrower fails to pay the interest, the interest will be added to the principal, forming a new loan contract. In case, the borrower is no longer able to pay, he will have to use the offset property for Tra.

The investigation process determined, with the above trick, from 2018 to before being arrested (April 2021), Lam Thi Thu Tra lent to 8 individuals with a total amount of nearly 922 billion VND. The lenders have paid for Tea nearly 794 billion VND and the total profit is more than 86 billion VND.

To carry out the above high interest loan, Tra “hired” Lam Vu Viet Anh and Dang Thi Tuyet Lan together to manage the books and help. Specifically, from 2018 to 2021, Viet Anh helps Tra make payment tables for the loan process between Tra and borrowers. All loans and loans are made by Tra herself, while Viet Anh is the one who calculates, checks and tracks loan data on behalf of Tra. When helping, Tra did not pay wages, but only gave Viet Anh money to spend.

For Dang Thi Tuyet Lan, in 2019 Tea Hire Lan helps transfer money for loans, receive money and pay principal and interest as well as calculate details of loans between Tra and borrowers, each month Tra pays Lan 8 million dong.

Regarding Tra’s money laundering, the investigating agency determined that, in the process of performing the act of lending heavy interest in civil transactions, Tra asked the borrower to transfer money through the banking system, in order to conceal and legalize the amount of profit from usury loans.

Specifically, Tra asked Ms. TTDT (borrower) to transfer more than 23 billion VND to Tra through the banking system, of which Tra obtained illegal profits of more than 3 billion VND. When the payment was due, Tra asked Ms. T. to transfer to different accounts. After receiving money to help Tra, these people will transfer to other accounts for Tra to repay, lend, transfer or transfer to an “overdraft” account to repay loans at the bank.

Lam Thi Thu Tra’s behavior was discovered when Le Thai Thien (also known as Thien “Soi”) and her son Le Thai Phong were arrested (December 2020) also on charges of lending money with high interest in civil transactions and crimes against them. Money laundering. In which, Le Thai Thien is the “victim” of Tra.

Specifically, due to the need for business capital, in 2019, Thien borrowed tea 4 times with a total amount of 9.5 billion VND, with an interest rate of 3,000 VND/million/day. The above loans, Thien paid off for Tra both the principal and more than 112 million dong in interest, and tea made an illegal profit of more than 89 million dong.

After collecting evidence, the police investigation agency of Phu My town police prosecuted the accused against Lam Thi Thu Tra and Dang Thi Tuyet Lan on the evening of April 7, 2021. Then prosecuted more Lam Vu Viet Anh.

Quang Hung