Woman held in VND6 billion transfer mistake
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Yesterday, Hanoi police arrested a woman for "appropriating" VND6 billion (US$287,287) in a curious case where the money was mistakenly transferred to the accused, who then spent it all rather than gave it back.
Nguyen Thi Thuy, 52 is facing charges of illegally holding money belonging to Hanoi-based Vincom which by mistake transferred VND6 billion to Thuy’s daughter’s account in November 2009.
When the company discovered the blunder, it blocked the account which by then had suffered a debit of nearly VND7 billion.
The company many times requested Thuy to return the money but she refused, saying she lost it all on stocks.
