Vietnam Tycoon Sentenced to Death Faces New Charges: Media

Truong My Lan at the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Court on March 5.Photographer: Maika Elan/Bloomberg
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Vietnamese police seek to prosecute real estate tycoon Truong My Lan for alleged money laundering nearly two months after she was sentenced to death in a $12 billion fraud case, Tuoi Tre newspaper reported.

Police say Lan, along with 33 others, should be prosecuted for alleged asset embezzlement, money laundering and illegal cross-border transportation of currency tied to real estate company Van Thinh Phat Holdings Group and Saigon Commercial Bank, or SCB, the newspaper reported, citing information from the Ministry of Public Security.