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Truong My Lan, the 67-year-old chairwoman of the Vietnamese real estate company Van Thinh Phat, was sentenced to death Thursday over committing fraud, according to Vietnamese state media, The Associated Press (AP) reported. Lan was convicted of committing $12.5 billion fraud, the largest in Vietnam’s history, according to the AP. The level of purported fraud reportedly amounted to almost 3 percent of the country’s GDP in 2022. She was also convicted of violating banking regulations and bribery, VNE Express reported. Lan’s case reportedly centered on her relationship with Saigon Commercial Bank…

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