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Nevin Al Sukari - Sana'a - Vietnamese property tycoon Truong My Lan (second from left) at a court in Ho Chi Minh city on December 3, 2024. — AFP pic
HANOI, May 22 — A pair of luxury Hermes handbags that once belonged to a jailed Vietnamese property tycoon sold at auction for more than US$500,000, state media reported, as the government seeks to recover funds linked to a US$27 billion fraud.
Property developer Truong My Lan was convicted in 2024 of swindling cash from Saigon Commercial Bank (SCB), which prosecutors said she controlled.
She was initially sentenced to death in one of Vietnam’s biggest corruption cases, but now faces life in prison after Hanoi abolished capital punishment for some crimes.
A confiscated Hermes bag with white gemstones sold Thursday at the Ho Chi Minh City Asset Auction Service Centre for 11.6 billion Vietnamese dong (RM1.7 million), state media reported. A second Hermes bag sold for 2.5 billion dong (RM377,000).
The disgraced tycoon had asked a court to return the rare albino Birkin bags, saying she had purchased one in Italy and received the other as a gift.
They were “mementos” she wanted returned to her family, state media reported.
Tens of thousands of people who invested their savings in Saigon Commercial Bank lost money, shocking the communist nation and prompting rare protests from the victims.
Lan was ordered to compensate victims and has paid more than 12 trillion dong to bondholders so far, according to a statement on the government’s website.
Three cars once belonging to Lan — a Maybach, a BMW and a Lexus — are set to be auctioned Friday. — AFP
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