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 after being convicted of money laundering. 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 invested their savings in th......

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