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A Hanoi People’s Procuracy has indicted three defendants in a tax evasion case tied to online selling. The accused include Nguyen Thi Thu Huong (born 1987), Ngo Quoc Phu (born 1996), and To Lan Phuong (born 1981). Huong allegedly sold used luxury goods—handbags, watches, diamonds, clothing, and accessories from brands such as Versace, Louis Vuitton, Cartier, and Hermes—on Facebook without registering a business or declaring taxes. Revenue from 2020 to June 2025 was about 835 billion VND, generated through the Facebook account 'Hycloset new things by hy.' Huong employed staff to manage orders, respond to messages, pack and ship items, and used Kiot Viet software with a personal account to track sales. Tax authorities found no business registration, no VAT, and no personal income tax payments, resulting in a state budget loss of about 12.5 billion VND (VAT about 8.3B, personal income tax about 4.2B). Investigations also show Phu and Phuong conducted multiple sales to Huong without declaring taxes; Phu evaded 433 million VND and Phuong 157 million VND. Huong admitted the tax declaration omission; around June 2025, upon seeing widespread media coverage of evasion cases, Huong asked someone to delete data from Kiot Viet software but the data remained on personal computer showing item codes, prices, quantities, monthly and yearly revenue.
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