Hanoi Lawyer Nguyen Thi Huong Lan was arrested today for allegedly helping the couple Phu Le and Thuy Kieu create false invoices to hide accounting violations of Thien Phu Company.
According to the police, from 2017 to 2023, the accused couple Le Van Phuc (aka Phu Le) and La Thuy Kieu participated in establishing Thien Phu Import-Export Trading Services Company Limited, Thanh Quang Dang Company Limited and Thien Phu Group Trading Company Limited. Through three companies, Kieu outsources and sells many products.
From 2021 to 2025, Thien Phu Company imported goods from many companies but did not fully invoice and declare taxes. In addition to using company accounts, Kieu and Phu also used 10 personal bank accounts to receive money from business activities, estimated at more than 107 billion VND.
Authorities allege that, in order to legalize the amount of money received and at the same time reduce the amount of tax payable, Kieu declared and paid taxes in the name of business household La Thuy Kieu. This behavior was determined to cause damage to the State budget.
During its operation, Thien Phu did not issue complete invoices when selling goods, resulting in goods sold but still recorded as inventory on the books. To deal with the tax authorities' inspection, Kieu directed accountants and staff to create many false sales invoices.
Phung Thi Thanh is an accountant in charge of invoicing and tax declaration. Ms. Huong Lan was accused of being a lawyer but actively helping Kieu in preparing false invoices to hide Thien Phu Company's accounting violations.
According to the police, Ms. Huong Lan also provided personal information about herself and her relatives to Kieu to create 10 false value-added invoices with a total amount of more than 1.5 billion VND.
On August 18, the Hanoi Police Investigation Agency prosecuted Phu Le, his wife La Thuy Kieu, Phung Thi Khanh, 45 years old and Nguyen Thi Huong Lan, 50 years old, to investigate the crime of violating accounting regulations causing serious consequences and illegally printing, issuing, trading invoices and documents for collection and remittance to the State budget. Among them, Phu and Huong Lan were detained.
Phu Le is 46 years old this year, from the former Yen Bai province, famous on social networks with the nickname "cybergang" and is an amateur singer and actor. Phu Le had 2 previous convictions and was sentenced to a total of 8 years in prison for illegally trading in drugs and disturbing public order.
Like her husband, Thuy Kieu does business and sells on social networks, and often appears with her husband in videos and livestreams. The two have built an image of a couple with a quite prominent life online, often sharing about their business, life and social relationships.
Recently, in addition to Phu Le and his wife, the police also arrested a series of cyber gangsters such as Huan Hoa Hong, King Fan, and Ho Van Khoa.
