Vietnam Tycoon Sentenced to Death Faces New Charges: Media.

Vietnamese real estate tycoon Truong My Lan, who was recently sentenced to death in a $12 billion fraud case, is now facing new charges of money laundering. Vietnamese police are seeking to prosecute Lan and 33 others for alleged asset embezzlement, money laundering, and illegal cross-border transportation of currency. Lan is accused of illegally transporting about $4.5 billion across the border over a 10-year period and laundering $17.5 billion in embezzled assets. Lan is currently appealing her death sentence, and 50 other defendants in the case are also seeking sentence reductions. [Extracted from the article]

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