On the afternoon of 2/7, Huong, 37, and two individuals who supplied goods to her, Ngo Quoc Phu, 30, and To Lan Phuong, 45, are expected to be tried by the People's Court of Area 2, Hanoi, on charges of tax evasion. All three are currently out on bail.
Huong, known as the "boss" of second-hand luxury goods, has been prominent on social media for years. She operated the account "Hycloset new things by hy", specializing in used luxury items from brands like Versace, Louis Vuitton, Cartier, and Hermes.
During her operations, Huong did not register her business or accounts with tax authorities, instead using her personal and her husband's bank accounts to receive payments.
To facilitate sales, Huong employed eight staff members, dividing them into teams responsible for: responding to customer messages, processing orders, assisting with packaging, inventory management, confirming sales, data entry, and shipping.
Huong instructed her employees to ask customers not to include product names in bank transfer descriptions, but only to provide their names and phone numbers.
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Police read the detention order to Huong in 7/2025. Photo: Hanoi Police |
Prosecutors determined that inventory and revenue management were conducted via Kiot Viet software. However, upon detecting signs of an inspection in 6/2025, Huong immediately instructed someone to delete all data from the system to destroy evidence, but this attempt failed. Investigators seized a personal computer containing all backup data.
Recovered financial figures revealed that annual revenue surged from 9,3 billion VND in 2020 to 272 billion VND in 2023. Total revenue by 6/2025, the time of the inspection, reached 835 billion VND.
The Hanoi Tax Department concluded that, based on this revenue, Huong evaded over 12,5 billion VND in taxes, including value-added tax (VAT) and personal income tax.
Expanding the investigation, authorities identified Phu and Phuong as suppliers for Huong's network.
Phu conducted transactions worth over 28,8 billion VND, using relatives' accounts to conceal his identity, resulting in over 433 million VND in evaded taxes.
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Some items involved in the case. Photo: Hanoi Police |
Similarly, Phuong also sold goods, generating over 10,5 billion VND in revenue without declaration, causing a loss of over 157 million VND to the state budget.
Prosecutors confirmed that Huong's family had paid 12,2 billion VND to remedy the situation. Phu and Phuong have also fully paid their evaded taxes.
Regarding other individuals involved, such as Huong's husband and employees, investigators determined that they did not participate in managing the operations or were unaware of the criminal activity, and therefore will not face criminal charges.
Hai Thu
