A bank employee, Vuong Khanh Hung, embezzled 2,8 billion VND from five customers by using their mobile phones to transfer funds from their accounts during loan rollover processes.
Representative Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick is accused of using a portion of $5 million USD embezzled from relief funds to purchase a 3,14-carat yellow diamond ring.
Mayor Gaël Perdriau was accused of hiring a male prostitute to lure his deputy and political rival into a "honey trap", secretly filming an intimate encounter, and then blackmailing him to prevent him from running for the next term.
