Vietnamese Billionaire Truong My Lan on Trial Again After April Death Sentence

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Vietnamese billionaire Truong My Lan, who was sentenced to death in April for defrauding a major Vietnamese bank, is on trial again, facing charges of fraud, money-laundering and illegal cross-border payments.

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00:00A Vietnamese billionaire, already on death row for major bank fraud, is back on trial

00:06for new charges.

00:07This time, prosecutors are charging Truong My Lan with fraud, money laundering and making

00:13illegal cross-border payments.

00:15Vietnamese police say the laundered 18 billion U.S. dollars and raised more than a billion

00:20dollars from investors through illegal bonds.

00:23Lan's case is the latest in Vietnam's recent anti-corruption drive, which also led the

00:28country's president to resign earlier this year.

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