Prosecution of leaders of the Center for Practical Skills of Transport Mechanics

SGGPO June 23, 2023 19:22

Expanding the case related to violations and negativity in the field of vehicle inspection, Ho Chi Minh City Police have prosecuted the Board of Directors of the Center for Practical Skills of Transport Mechanics, Central College of Transport III.

Subject Ho Van Pup

On June 23, Ho Chi Minh City Police said that in the process of expanding the investigation into the case related to violations and negativity in the field of vehicle registration, the unit discovered many particularly serious violations of the law in driver testing and training activities occurring at the Center for Practical Skills of Transport Mechanics, Central College of Transport III.

Deputy Director Nguyen Van Duong and Head of Training Department Nguyen Ngoc Thuy (from left to right)

Accordingly, in order to attract students to study driving, Director Ho Van Bup and Deputy Director Nguyen Van Duong directed their subordinates: Head of Training Department Nguyen Ngoc Thuy, Ngo Thi Han Ly (Chief Accountant, Head of Finance and Human Resources Department) to implement the policy of cutting down theory and practice teaching hours; paying illegal commissions to those who introduced students to study at the Center with an amount of more than 7.2 billion VND.

Center for Practical Skills in Transport Mechanics, Central College of Transport III

In order to legitimize the above violations and at the same time appropriate the amount of gasoline that was not actually spent due to the reduction of practical teaching hours, Bup and his accomplices bought 451 fake invoices for more than 13.2 billion VND from Phuong Thien Gas Station (belonging to Phuong Thien Trading and Service Private Enterprise).

Chief Accountant Ngo Thi Han Ly

Notably, in the period from 2018 to 2021, the Center had many violations in tax declaration with an estimated amount of over 40 billion VND to be collected; to ignore the above violations, Bup directly gave bribes to Tran Ngoc Nhan and Tran Thi Thanh An (specialists of Inspection Department No. 3, Ho Chi Minh City Tax Department) with an amount of 1 billion VND during the tax inspection at the end of 2021.

Nguyen Van Duong at the time of his arrest

Based on the collected documents and evidence, the Ho Chi Minh City Police Department has initiated a case and prosecuted Ho Van Bup for the crimes of "Taking advantage of position and power while performing official duties" and "giving bribes"; Nguyen Van Duong, Nguyen Ngoc Thuy, and Ngo Thi Han Ly for the crimes of "Taking advantage of position and power while performing official duties";

Police searched Ho Van Bup's workplace.

Tran Ngoc Nhan and Tran Thi Thanh An for “receiving bribes”, Nguyen Thi Ngoc Nga and Nguyen Thi Nghiep for “illegally buying and selling invoices and documents for state budget payments”. The above decisions and orders have been approved by the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Procuracy.

To date, the Ho Chi Minh City Police Department has prosecuted 200 suspects for violations and negative acts in the field of vehicle registration, testing and driver training; at the same time, it continues to expand the investigation and strictly and thoroughly handle them in accordance with the law.

Source: https://www.sggp.org.vn/khoi-to-lanh-dao-trung-tam-ky-nang-thuc-hanh-co-gioi-giao-thong-van-tai-post694791.html