Police determined that Le Thi Thai had sold fake gold to customers to appropriate money.
On March 6, Hanoi City Police announced that the Hanoi City Police Security Investigation Agency had prosecuted Le Thi Thai (41 years old, in Pham Dinh Ho ward, Hai Ba Trung district, Hanoi) - Chairman and legal representative of Coco Lee Diamond Hanoi Jewelry Joint Stock Company for the crime of "fraudulent appropriation of property".
According to Hanoi City Police, during the investigation, the Hanoi City Police Security Investigation Agency determined that Le Thi Thai, in her position as Chairwoman and legal representative of Coco Lee Diamond Company, sold fake gold (gold bars) to customers to appropriate money.
The police also discovered signs that Thai had fraudulently appropriated assets through capital mobilization, using fake gold bars and gold-plated bonsai trees... as collateral to create trust with customers.
To serve the investigation, the Hanoi City Police Security Investigation Agency requests that individuals and organizations that have purchased gold - suspected to be fake gold or signed investment cooperation contracts using gold bars or gold-plated bonsai trees as collateral with Le Thi Thai, need to report before March 31 at the Hanoi City Police headquarters through investigator Nguyen Van Cuong, phone number: 069.219.4085.
HQ (according to Cong Ly newspaper)