Death sentence for real estate tycoon Truong My Lan upheld in Vietnam’s largest fraud case

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1. More on this subject from other reputable sources:

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   – BBC Online (A-): [Truong My Lan: Vietnamese tycoon loses death row appeal over world’s biggest bank fraud](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd753r47815o)
   – CNN.com (C+): [Tycoon on death row for $12 billion fraud loses appeal in Vietnam court](https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/03/asia/vietnam-truong-my-lan-intl-hnk/)
   – Al Jazeera (C+): [Vietnam court upholds tycoon’s death sentence for $12bn bank fraud](https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12/3/vietnam-court-upholds-tycoons-death-sentence-for-12bn-bank-fraud)
   – Forbes (C+): [Vietnam Property Tycoon Loses Appeal Against Death Penalty In $12.5 Billion Fraud Case](https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2024/12/03/vietnam-property-tycoon-loses-appeal-against-death-penalty-in-125-billion-fraud-case/)

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2. Having this option on the table for financial crimes of this nature in the west might not be a bad idea. Think of Enron or Adelphia execs or Bernie Madoff. Of course seizing everything resulting from the ill gotten gains regardless of whom they are transferred to is also warranted.

3. Wonder if this Trump anomaly would be ignored in good ol Vietnam. Just wondering…

4. We need to make massive frauds of the Trump Organization, Madoff, and SBF variety a capital crime.

5. She didn’t seem contrite either. Her lawyer should have coached her in being publicly modest instead of a stoic emotionless robot. 🤖

   That, I blame on her environment. I bet she thought she had to be manly to make it.

   Lots of lessons with this one

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