(NLĐO) – Ho Chi Minh City Police has issued a temporary arrest warrant for 4 officers from Chon Thanh Customs Branch - Binh Phuoc province for accepting bribes of 500 million VND.
Regarding the case, Ho Chi Minh City Police also temporarily detained Truong Thi Le Hang, Nguyen Xuan Tung, Nguyen Thi Kim Anh, Nguyen Tien Dung (all civil servants of Chon Thanh Customs Branch - Binh Phuoc province) for the crime of "" Bribery". The decisions and arrest orders for temporary detention have been approved by the Ho Chi Minh City People's Procuracy.
Through professional work, Ho Chi Minh City Police discovered a criminal ring smuggling Polyester fiber products, originating in China (with an anti-dumping tax of 17,45%). This line is operated by Chinese subjects connected with Vietnamese subjects in Ho Chi Minh City and Binh Phuoc province through port transfer.
Following the direction of Chinese subjects, Bach Tuan Cuong established Sunview Company (headquartered in Binh Phuoc); Vo Thanh Tuan established Long Tan Vina Company (headquartered in Binh Phuoc) to import goods.
However, in reality these are "ghost" companies to facilitate the opening of import declarations at Chon Thanh Customs Branch - Binh Phuoc province.
Bach Tan Cuong directed his employees Nguyen Vinh Hoa and Huynh Thi Huyen Tram to falsify invoices and foreign trade documents of sales companies in China. In particular, self-adjust detailed information about goods from Polyester fiber (with an anti-dumping tax of 17,45%) to a single elastic mono-pylamen polyurethane fiber that is not curly, not lumpy (with an anti-dumping tax). is 0%).
At the same time, this group reduced the actual weight of the goods, then carried out customs declaration procedures for imported goods at Chon Thanh Customs Branch - Binh Phuoc province to smuggle a large quantity of Polyester fiber products. Vo Thanh Tuan also used this trick when using the legal entity Long Tan Vina Company to smuggle Polyester fiber products.
Notably, in order to avoid physical inspection of goods when carrying out import procedures, Bach Tan Cuong and Vo Thanh Tuan bribed a number of customs officials from the Import Goods Procedures Team - Department of Customs. Chon Thanh Customs Department, Binh Phuoc province with the amount of 3.5 million VND/1 container.
Therefore, Polyester fiber containers imported by Sunview Company and Long Tan Vina Company after completing loading and unloading procedures from Cat Lai Port (HCMC) are transported directly to warehouses in the Port area. Phu Dinh (District 8), Le Minh Xuan Industrial Park (Chanh District) and Binh Tan District without having to be taken to Chon Thanh Customs Branch - Binh Phuoc Province for goods inspection and customs clearance procedures.
