On Friday, the HCMC court also sentenced Ho Ngoc Thuy, 32, an employee at the local bank's HCMC branch, to 4 years and 6 months in prison for "negligence causing severe damage to state, organization or business’ property." Thuy's five accomplices, also coworkers at the bank, received suspended sentences of 2-3 years for the same charge. According to the indictment, Chu Thi Binh, a seafood company owner, had been making large deposits at the branch since 2007. This gave her VIP status, and the branch's then deputy director Le Nguyen Hung was assigned to personally handle her transactions. Taking advantage of her trust and using forged documents, in 2014, Hung allegedly started to withdraw money from her 11 saving accounts and deposit it into an account he had opened in the name of his wife's aunt. Hung also abused his employees' trust to forge withdrawal and deposit slips to steal VND19 billion ($812,660) from two other customers’ accounts, the indictment said. Hung's fraud … [Read more...] about Bank ordered to reimburse nearly $11 mln to customer in fraud case
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Customs agency faces large-scale smuggling cases
A large backlog of scrap containers at the Cát Lái port in HCM City as several enterprises who were supposed to receive the shipment failed to show up, causing concerns that ports would become junkyard. — VNA/VNS PhotoViet Nam News HÀ NỘI — A number of large-scale smuggling cases employing sophisticated methods have recently challenged the country’s customs agency. The General Department of Việt Nam Customs said that it seized four imported containers consisting of new automotive parts but were labelled as containing scrap. The owner of the containers was named as Posco SS Vina Co Ltd, located at the Phú Mỹ 2 Industrial Park in the southern province of Bà Rịa – Vũng Tàu, the Kinh tế đô thị (Economic and Urban Affairs) newspaper reported. The company began customs declaration procudures on September 14 to import the goods at Cái Mép International Port’s Customs … [Read more...] about Customs agency faces large-scale smuggling cases
Google’s Motorola unveils Moto X phone to revive business
The new 4.7-inch screen device is aimed at market leaders like the iPhone and the Galaxy S phones. The Moto X features "all-day" battery life, a choice of colors and materials, and an instant-start camera, the company said today at a press event in New York. The Moto X is priced starting at $199 with a two-year contract and will be available on all the major U.S. carriers by the end of August or early September. The device is the first homegrown smartphone from Motorola since Google acquired the business last year for $12.4 billion, as the Internet giant ramps up its hardware ambitions against Apple and others. Google is struggling to prove the value of the purchase with new products and features to regain sales Motorola has lost in recent years. Motorola had a small fraction of the smartphone market during the first quarter, while Samsung and Apple had almost half, according to Gartner Inc. "This is a product and hardware brand that is in danger of falling into irrelevance," said … [Read more...] about Google’s Motorola unveils Moto X phone to revive business
Custom PC desk / case combo ditches glass, metal for wood
Desk case PC mods have lit up our radar before, but a modder by the name of Pirate -- who's no stranger to us -- has dropped the typical glass and metal enclosure for medium-density fiberboard. Though the material choice was an effort to avoid buying a new desk, it created a need for a robust cooling system. Five fans (three exhaust, two intake), a radiator and a liquid-cooling system keep the rig at roughly 88 F (31 C) with ambient temperatures hovering around 79 F (26 C). As for horsepower, the workstation features a Core-i5-2000k processor and a Radeon HD 7950 graphics card sporting a water cooling block on an Asus Gene IV microATX motherboard. Visuals are piped to three displays in an Eyefinity configuration that are held by a modded ergonomic stand. Pictures of the build process in excruciating detail await you at the source. … [Read more...] about Custom PC desk / case combo ditches glass, metal for wood
Nokia lets customers build custom Lumia 820 cases
The company is releasing 3D templates, case specs, and recommended materials to allow Lumia 820 owners to build their own cases, with help from a 3D printer. Nokia today announced that it's now releasing 3D templates, case specs, and recommended material guidance to help Lumia 820 owners produce their own shell to replace the removable case on the back of the handset. Nokia has offered several cases for customers to choose from, but didn't allow owners to develop their own. In order to actually create the cases, however, users will need to have access to a 3D printer. With 3D printing, users can input material and churn out their creation. Of course, 3D printers are by no means ubiquitous, and can cost several thousand dollars. In a blog post today, Nokia community and developer marketing manager John Kneeland said that his company is focusing heavily on 3D printing because of its belief that it's the future of the technology industry. "My own view is that the hype … [Read more...] about Nokia lets customers build custom Lumia 820 cases