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Chairman of the Commune Veterans Association forged documents to benefit from health insurance

CLEARANCE December 24, 2024 10:00

Forging documents to request free health insurance cards for 80 people, the former Chairman of the Veterans Association of Quang Phuc commune (Tu Ky, Hai Duong) caused a loss of more than 189 million VND to the provincial budget and Social Insurance.

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Nguyen Van Giang in court

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Nguyen Van Giang (born in 1956, residing in Quang Phuc commune, Tu Ky) is the Chairman of the Veterans Association of Quang Phuc commune from 2012-2022.

Giang was assigned the task of organizing and implementing the regime for soldiers participating in the resistance war against the US to save the country and implementing the regime and policies for those who contributed to fighting to protect the Fatherland and performing international duties.

According to regulations, Giang must review and prepare documents for the People's Committee of Quang Phuc commune to request competent authorities to issue free health insurance cards to individuals in the locality who fall under the above mentioned category.

From 2015 to 2018, Giang himself drafted confirmations of his participation in the resistance war against the US and had them signed by the Commander of the Quang Phuc Commune Military Command; forged decisions on receiving one-time subsidies from competent authorities and submitted them to the Commune People's Committee for certification.

The above documents are submitted to complete the file, then transferred to the Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs of Tu Ky district for appraisal and submitted to the Social Insurance of Hai Duong province to issue health insurance cards.

With the above trick, Giang forged 77 decisions on receiving one-time benefits for meritorious people and 3 confirmations of participation in the resistance war.

Because of the above documents in the file, Hai Duong Provincial Social Insurance issued 80 health insurance cards to 80 people in Quang Phuc commune. Giang collected a total of 176.6 million VND from 69 people, causing a loss to the budget and Hai Duong Provincial Social Insurance of a total of more than 189 million VND (including more than 66.6 million VND of the State budget for the cost of purchasing and maintaining social insurance cards for 80 people who were not eligible; more than 122.4 million VND of the above people were paid for medical examination and treatment costs).

In September 2018, Tu Ky District Inspectorate discovered that Giang had violated the law and transferred the case to the investigation agency for handling according to regulations. The investigation agency seized 23 decisions forged by Giang.

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During the investigation, prosecution and trial, Giang admitted that he committed the crime because he needed money.

Before the provincial People's Court held the first instance trial, Giang had paid the entire amount of 176.6 million VND. The Hai Duong Provincial Social Insurance required those who were paid for medical examination and treatment expenses to pay back a total of more than 122.4 million VND.

On September 14-15, 2024, 14 people who were issued health insurance cards that were not eligible returned more than 11.3 million VND. The remaining people were in difficult circumstances, so Giang voluntarily paid the remaining amount (more than 111.1 million VND for medical examination and treatment costs and more than 4.9 million VND for card blanks) to Hai Duong Provincial Social Insurance.

The entire amount of more than 299 million VND has been deposited by the Investigation Police Agency (Provincial Police) into the temporary deposit account of the Provincial Civil Judgment Enforcement Department for handling during the trial and execution phase.

Giang has many years of service in the army, voluntarily compensated for all damages... so he is entitled to mitigating circumstances for his criminal liability according to the provisions of the Penal Code.

Defendant Giang’s criminal acts endanger society, infringe upon and reduce the prestige of state agencies and organizations. Considering the nature and extent, the People’s Court of Hai Duong province sentenced Nguyen Van Giang to 12 years in prison for forgery in work.

Regarding the individuals involved, Mr. Tran Van Bien, Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Quang Phuc Commune, was disciplined by the People's Committee of Tu Ky District with a warning for confirming records against regulations. Several other officials and 80 people who were granted health insurance did not know that Giang committed the crime, so they were not held criminally responsible.

For some people who were issued health insurance cards for the wrong subjects, using these cards to go to medical examination and treatment shows signs of committing health insurance fraud according to the provisions of the Penal Code. However, due to the statute of limitations for criminal prosecution, no action was taken.

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