HCM City orders probe into allegedly missing $1.17mThe HCM City government yesterday ordered an investigation into a complaint by a businesswomen that US$1.17 million from her account in Vietnam Prosperity Joint Stock Commercial Bank (VP Bank) went missing last year. In a letter to the Department of Public Security and State Bank of Viet Nam, HCM City People’s Committee deputy chairman Tran Vinh Tuyen said they should carefully investigate the case and report to the administration. Her account had been tampered with by the employee, Doan Thi Thuy Hang, with the signature changed, she alleged further. But four months later, when she went to withdraw the money, she was told there was hardly anything left in the account. The bank staff also requested her to sign a form again since her signature had been mysteriously changed.

Source: VietNamNet News August 26, 2016 02:37 UTC