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HANOI, Vietnam AP 鈥?Real estate tycoon Truong My Lan was sentenced Thursday to death by a court in Ho Chi Minh City in southern聽Vietnam聽in the country largest financial fraud case ever, state media Vietnam Net said.The 67-yea
stanley cup r-old chair of the real estate company Van Thinh Phat was formally charged with fraud amounting to $12.5 billion 鈥?nearly 3 percent of the countrys 2022 GDP.Lan illegally controlled Saigon Joint Stock Commercial Bank between 2012 and 2022 and allowed 2,500 loans that resulted in losses of $27 billion to the bank, reported state media VnExpress. The court asked her to compensate the bank $26.9 million.Despite mitigating circumstanc
stanley cup es 鈥?this was a first-time offense and Lan participated in charity activities 鈥?the court attributed its harsh sentence to the seriousness of the case, saying Lan was at the helm of an orchestrated and sophisticated criminal enterprise that had serious consequences with no possibility of the money being recovered, VnExpress said.WATCH: Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in prison for massive FTX fraudHer actions not only violate the property management rights of individuals and organizations but also push SCB Saigon Joint Stock Commercial Bank into a state of special control; eroding peoples trust in the leadership of the Party and State, VnExpress quoted the judgement as saying.Her niece, Truong Hue Van, the chief executive o
stanley cup f Van Thinh Phat, was sentenced to 17 years in prison for aiding her aunt.Lan and her fami Lhik Former Trump officials are among the most vocal opponents of returning him to the White House
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adidas samba naling support for bipartisan Senate legislation that would reduce prison sentences for some nonviolent drug offenders.Deputy Attorney General Sally Quillian Yates told the Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday that the bill is a good step toward striking a balance in sentencing such offenders.The legislation would give judges the discretion to give sentences that are less than federal mandatory minimums in some cases. It would eliminate mandatory life sentences for three-time, nonviolent drug offenders, reducing those minimum sentences to 25 years.The federal prison population has exploded since 1980, in part because of mandatory minimum sentences for nonviolent drug offenders. Yates said the current system is costly, affects families and contributes to loss of confidence in the justice system.House lawmakers have introduced similar legislation. Left: The Obama administration supports a bipartisan bill that aims to reduce prison sentences for some nonviolent offenders. Photo by Halfdark via Getty Images Go Deeper federal prison
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