Tontine group leader arrested over bounced cheques


Buth Reaksmey Kongkea 

A businesswoman was arrested on  January 22, 2022  by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court for issuing dud cheques worth more than $300,000 to another businesswoman on January 2, a member of the Tong Tin, money saving group. 

Deputy Prosecutor Soeu Longdy named the accused as Long Vanny, 35, an online lotion vendor living in Boeng Keng Kang district’s Boeng Keng Kang III commune, Phnom Penh.

The accused Vanny, was charged with issuing “dud cheques” under Article 231 of Law on Negotiable Instrument and Payment Transactions, he said.

If convicted, she faces a jail term from one to five years in prison. 



Police in the penal department in the Ministry of Interior, arrested the accused after the victim, Chhim Phary, 35, a grocery vendor living in the same commune as the accused, filed a complaint, he added.

Penal department police officer Major Leang Bunseng said that according to the police’s investigation and the victim’s complaint, in 2021, the victim joined the Tong Ting savings group with 150 members. As the elected Chief of Tong Tin group, Vanny was responsible for collecting and keeping the pooled savings with interest paid to each member at the end of each year.

On January 2, 2023, it was Phary’s turn to collect her interest from the group’s savings; Vanny issued a cheque worth $327,160 to Phary, Maj. Bunsen said.

After the victim tried to cash the cheque but it bounced, the victim then repeatedly tried to contact Vanny but to no avail. Phary later filed a lawsuit to go against Vanny to the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on January 18, which led to her arrest on January 21 in accordance with the court's arrest warrant.

Vanny was unavailable for comment over the allegation. 





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