Vietnam tycoon's jail term cut to 30 years in $17B case

16 hours ago

A Vietnamese property tycoon who was jailed for life in a $17-billion money laundering case had her sentence cut to 30 years on appeal Monday after she claimed what happened was "an accident". Property developer Truong My Lan had already lost a challenge against the death penalty in a separate case in which she was found guilty in April last year