Vietnam auctioned off two Hermes handbags owned by real estate tycoon Truong My Lan, convicted in the nation’s largest fraud case, for 14.21 billion dong ($539,000) as efforts to clawback billions of dollars in ill-gotten wealth accelerate.
The government is auditing assets owned by Lan and her affiliates to recoup billions in losses after courts ordered her to repay $27 billion in damages.
Lan has so far repaid a total of more than 12 trillion dong to about 42,000 bondholders with more payments to come, according a post on the government’s website, citing Ho Chi Minh City’s Civil Judgment Enforcement Agency. Lan still owes bondholders about 18 trillion dong.
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Lan’s two Hermes bags were sold in an online auction Thursday, Tuoi Tre newspaper reported.
The first, a white size 30 handbag with no gemstones, attracted four bids and went for about 2.54 billion dong, it said. The other one, a size 25 Hermes decorated with gemstones, attracted 119 bids before selling for 11.67 billion dong from its starting price of 1.77 billion dong, according to the newspaper.
Three luxury cars belonging to Lan — a Mercedes-Maybach, BMW, and Toyota Motor Lexus — are set to be auctioned today, according to the report.
Lan, 69, once one of Vietnam’s most prominent property developers, was sentenced to death in April 2024 after being found guilty of embezzling $12.3 billion from Saigon Commercial Bank in the nation’s largest-ever fraud case. Vietnam later abolished the death penalty for certain economic crimes, including those of Lan.
She was also convicted on charges of money laundering and other crimes in a second trial.
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