Ho Chi Minh City, Oct 17, 2024 (AFP) - Vietnam death row tycoon jailed for life in separate trial

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2024-10-17

A Vietnamese property tycoon sentenced to death for fraud totalling $27 billion was jailed for life Thursday in a related trial on money laundering charges, state media said. Property developer Truong My Lan was found guilty in April of swindling cash from the Saigon Commercial Bank (SCB) -- which prosecutors said she controlled -- and sentenced to death in one of the biggest corruption cases in history. Tens of thousands of people who had inves......

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