It's a rare verdict - she is one of very few women in Vietnam to be sentenced to death for a white collar crime.
The decision is a reflection of the dizzying scale of the fraud. Truong My Lan was convicted of taking out $44bn (£35bn) in loans from the Saigon Commercial Bank. The verdict requires her to return $27bn, a sum prosecutors said may never be recovered. Some believe the death penalty is the court's way of trying to encourage her to return some of the missing billions.
Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-68778636
This market resolves YES if Truong My Lan or another bigwig in Vietnam is executed for white collar crimes before 2027. This will resolve earlier if the state executes her or someone else for white collar crime. This market resolves NO if there is no state execution of someone for white collar crimes before 2027.
1,000@derpy >Other crimes that will no longer lead to the death penalty include vandalising state property, manufacturing fake medicine, jeopardising peace, triggering invasive wars, espionage and drug trafficking, the report said.
Today, more people got sentenced to death for drug smuggling, so I am not sure if this new decree is really in effect.
Things have been moving on during her appeals process.
Prosecutors want death sentence upheld for property mogul Truong My Lan
https://e.vnexpress.net/news/business/companies/prosecutors-want-death-sentence-upheld-for-property-mogul-truong-my-lan-4816330.html/