The Hanoi Department of Public Security announced on October 14 that its Investigation Police Agency had initiated legal proceedings against Nguyen Hoa Binh and nine other individuals on charges of “Fraud and appropriation of property” and “Violation of accounting regulations causing serious consequences”.

VOV.VN - The Lam Dong Provincial Police announced on July 1 that they have launched a criminal investigation and issued indictments against two Vietnamese residents of Da Lat city for "fraudulent appropriation of property” targeting Vietnamese expatriates in Australia and the United States.

Trinh Van Quyet, former Chairman of the Board of Directors of the real estate developer FLC Group JSC, on August 5 was sentenced to 21 years in prison for the charges of "fraudulent appropriation of property" and "stock market manipulation".