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M.B. Mack

Vietnamese Landlord Must Pay $9 Billion Or Be Executed

Truong My Lan, pictured in court on Tuesday, could still avoid execution (Credit: Getty Images)

A Vietnamese real estate tycoon has been given an ultimatum after committing what prosecutors have called the nation's largest financial fraud; pay $9 billion, or die.

Truong My Lan, 68, chairwoman of the Van Thinh Phat Group, orchestrated a decade-long scheme from 2012 to 2022, fraudulently withdrawing $27 billion from Saigon Commercial Bank (SCB) through shell companies and fake loans, BBC reported.

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