Death sentence for fraud

[RTRsBM]

Whilst $44b is some fraud it still doesn’t fit the crime. Life in jail definitely but not death sentence for me.

Sky reporting it as 12.5b but all the news outlets here reporting it as $44b

Vietnam: Property tycoon Truong My Lan sentenced to death after country's biggest fraud trial

Truong My Lan is sentenced for her role in a $12.5bn fraud case as part of a major crackdown on corruption in Vietnam.

news.sky.com

 

[look out piano]

Whilst $44b is some fraud it still doesn’t fit the crime. Life in jail definitely but not death sentence for me.

Sky reporting it as 12.5b but all the news outlets here reporting it as $44b

Vietnam: Property tycoon Truong My Lan sentenced to death after country's biggest fraud trial

Truong My Lan is sentenced for her role in a $12.5bn fraud case as part of a major crackdown on corruption in Vietnam.

news.sky.com

Life in jail yes, death - certainly not.

 

[chunkyshanhawk53]

I don’t believe in the death penalty at all. That’s a mental number however, it’s 10% of the GDP of the country

 

[Bob Fleming]

A major crackdown on corruption? More likely just the right people's palms weren't getting greased.

There wouldn't be enough gallows for the Tory party.

 

[The Sinful Dwarf]

The news report suggested the sentence might be a threat so she will pay back some of the money.

 

[RTRsBM]

The news report suggested the sentence might be a threat so she will pay back some of the money.

They’ve recovered what they can. Many think it’s likely it will be commuted to life in prison in a few years time.

 

[errant]

A major crackdown on corruption? More likely just the right people's palms weren't getting greased.

There wouldn't be enough gallows for the Tory party.

i think you meant to say for angela rayner...

 

[WHD]

Vietnam isn't in the ECHR and manages just fine or something...

 

[CatRyan]

I'm against the death penalty on principle but I am pleased to see white collar crimes being given harsher sentences as opposed to wrist slaps and fines.

 

[John the Savage]

Can we have the same here for these lot?

Watch: Gang member convicted of 'industrial scale' £50m benefit fraud throws stack of £20 notes in the air

Bulgarian nationals, Galina Nikolova, 38, Stoyan Stoyanov, 27, Tsvetka Todorova, 52, Gyunesh Ali, 33, and Patritsia Paneva, 26, pleaded guilty to fraud and money laundering-related offences.

news.sky.com

 

[RTRsBM]

I'm against the death penalty on principle but I am pleased to see white collar crimes being given harsher sentences as opposed to wrist slaps and fines.

A number got banged up for profiting from covid. Shame the same didn’t happen in the UK. That underwear woman would be doing 10 years easily.

 

[englishman abroad]

She'd get a seat in the House of Lords in this country

Michelle Donelan used £34,000 of taxpayer funds to cover libel costs

Exclusive: Science secretary’s legal fees of £19,000 more than doubled sum previously admitted by government

www.theguardian.com

Or a seat in the cabinet

 

[Phantom of mobs]

Fury as child killer who murdered baby son asked for donations

No problem with this specimen being put to death.

 

[DrewC]

They’ve recovered what they can. Many think it’s likely it will be commuted to life in prison in a few years time.

From living like a queen to a crowded jail with the key thrown away is a long fall from grace….

 

[Monty Pigeon]

I'm against the death penalty on principle but I am pleased to see white collar crimes being given harsher sentences as opposed to wrist slaps and fines.

Vietnam is a communist country. They've allowed a certain amount of private enterprise, but ultimately money doesn't talk there. She's the most extreme case, but there are plenty of other tycoons who've fallen from grace.

I'm against the death penalty. But with regard to this crime not being as serious as, say, murder or rape, I'm not so sure. Tens of thousands of people were impacted, and in all likelihood it led to the deaths of some.

(In the West, however, it seems that the greater the sum involved, the less serious the consequences.)

 

[beverly macca]

Now now. No political bickering you’ll end up warned.

 

[safcforver]

In fairness if you’re going to spend the rest of your days in a Vietnam jail, death would probably be preferable

 

[Pseudonym Number 1]

She alleged to have stole a fuck tonne of cash, doubtless a load of people will have died because of this. Let her and her ilk who steal from the common man swing.

 

[PinzaC55]

It's almost as though different countries had different sentences for crimes

 

[Kent_Mackem]

A number got banged up for profiting from covid. Shame the same didn’t happen in the UK. That underwear woman would be doing 10 years easily.

They got rewarded for their efforts with peerages.