Vietnam court upholds death sentence for tycoon in $12 billion fraud case

Vietnamese real estate tycoon Truong My Lan, 2nd left, attends trial in an appeal she filed against her death sentence in a financial fraud case in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Dec. 3, 2024.

A court in Vietnam on Tuesday upheld a death sentence for real estate tycoon Truong My Lan after rejecting her appeal against a conviction for embezzlement and bribery in a high-profile $12 billion fraud case, state media reported.