Information from the Ministry of Public Security , on December 1, the Investigation Police Agency issued a Decision to supplement the decision to prosecute the case of Bribery and Receiving Bribes occurring at Egroup Corporation, Nhat Tran Trading and Service Joint Stock Company (Nhat Tran Company) and a number of related units.
The Investigation Police Agency also issued a decision to supplement the Decision to prosecute Nguyen Ngoc Thuy (commonly known as Shark Thuy - Chairman of the Board of Directors, General Director of Egroup Education Corporation, Egame Investment and Distribution Corporation), for the crime of Bribery, as prescribed in Clause 4, Article 364 of the Penal Code. Mr. Thuy was previously prosecuted for the crime of Fraudulent appropriation of property.
Nguyen Ngoc Thuy aka Shark Thuy.
At the same time, the Investigation Police Agency prosecuted Tong Thi Kim Lien, Chairwoman and CEO of Nhat Tran Company, for the crime of accepting bribes.
Two other people were prosecuted for fraud and appropriation of property, including Pham Thi Thanh Tho, Chief Accountant of Egroup Corporation and Nguyen Thi Hoai Huong, Accountant of Egame Company;
Nguyen Manh Phu, CFO of Egroup Corporation and Chief Accountant of Egame Company, was prosecuted for both Bribery and Fraudulent Appropriation of Property.
The case at Egroup was initiated in March 2024. At that time, Nguyen Ngoc Thuy and Dang Van Hien, Head of the Investor Relations Department of Egame Company, were accused of fraud and property appropriation.
During the period from 2015 to 2023, Nguyen Ngoc Thuy and his accomplices used the legal entity Egame Company to commit fraudulent acts in using fake Egroup Corporation shares to raise capital through the following transaction forms: Selling shares for cash payment, bank transfer; Selling shares for payment in real estate; Borrowing money from investors secured by share ownership.
The Ministry of Public Security's Investigation Police Agency identified these investors as victims in the case and called on them to contact them to work to ensure their rights.
Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Thuy (commonly known as Shark Thuy) was born in 1982 in Hanoi .
He is known to many as a businessman who dropped out of college and built a trillion-dollar corporation from scratch. Shark Thuy was also one of the "powerful" guests on the show Shark Tank Vietnam in 2018 and 2019, as the main investor.
By 2023, Shark Thuy was suddenly accused by many people of fraud and appropriation of thousands of billions of dong through contracts in the form of deposits.
In addition, Mr. Thuy's Apax Leader English center system also encountered a "scandal". Parents of this center reported that they were required to pay tuition in advance, but after a while, the centers suddenly closed or switched to online teaching.
Source: https://vtcnews.vn/shark-thuy-bi-khoi-to-them-toi-dua-hoi-lo-ar911665.html
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