Prosecuting two directors of virtual money bitcoin

Director of two virtual money trading enterprises (bitcoi) in Khanh Hoa has officially been prosecuted by the provincial police for "illegal trading", with the act of exploiting and trading virtual currencies.

Specifically, on June 5, 2014, the Police Department investigated crimes about economic management order and position ( PC46 ) Khanh Hoa provincial police issued a decision to prosecute Mr. Nguyen Van Minh and Nguyen Van Thong on charges of illegal business.

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Earlier, around 5:30 on March 15, 2014, police investigated unexpectedly searching the house of 289 Le Hong Phong, TP. Nha Trang - the residence and business headquarters of Mr. Minh ( 56 years old, director of Nha Trang branch of VM construction consultancy Co. ) and Mr. Thong ( 28 years old, director of 289 Trading and Services Co., Ltd. ) , seizing most of the assets, including more than 460 million VND in cash, equipment, working facilities, records, books, seals . and blocking bank accounts of 2 businesses hey .

After that, Mr. Minh and Mr. Thong had many times applied to return their property, records, seals, bank accounts, petitions, complaints, etc., because they thought that they were wronged. . However, after many failures, the two men filed a complaint against "police investigating and detaining illegal property ".

The two men also said that I play virtual money with personal nature, through personal accounts, not related to the business activities of the two businesses. However, the Investigation Police Department affirmed that " the conduct of the investigating agency's activities for two companies as directors is right by law ".

Also related to bitcoi virtual currency in Vietnam, on March 25, two companies Bitcoin Vietnam and Bit2C - a company about Bitcoin in Israel announced this cooperation and announced ' officially cooperating to open the delivery floor. Online Bitcoin translation of VBTC in Vietnam '. The two companies also plan to launch Bitcoin online trading platform at the end of April.

The Department of E-Commerce and Information Technology ( Ministry of Industry and Trade ) later confirmed that it would not accept the announcement and registration of Bitcoin trading websites in Vietnam. Therefore, when Bitcoin Vietnam Co., Ltd. announced the website bitcoinvietnam.com.vn according to the announcement procedure of the website of e-commerce, the Department of E-Commerce and Information Technology declined.

Previously, the State Bank of Vietnam also issued recommendations, Bitcoin and other similar virtual currencies are not monetary and are not legal means of payment in Vietnam. Owning, buying, or using Bitcoin as a potential asset is a lot of risk for people and is not protected by law. The State Bank recommends that organizations and individuals should not invest, hold and carry out transactions involving Bitcoin and other similar virtual currencies.