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Jury chooses life in prison for man who killed 2 from Vietnam in Las Vegas hotel room in 2018

Oct. 31, 2024 19:23 PM EDT

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Nevada jury decided Thursday that a man should serve life in state prison with no chance of parole for breaking into a room at a Las Vegas Strip hotel-casino and killing two Vietnamese tour leaders in 2018. Julius Damiano Deangilo Trotter, 37, was spared a death...

Man found guilty of killing 2 from Vietnam in a Las Vegas hotel room in 2018

Oct. 29, 2024 18:56 PM EDT

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A jury has found a man guilty of breaking into a room at a Las Vegas Strip hotel-casino and robbing and killing two Vietnamese tour leaders in June 2018. Julius Damiano Deangilo Trotter stood with his lawyers, shaking his head and glancing several times at jurors...

Vietnamese real estate tycoon sentenced to life for billions in fraud in government graft crackdown

Oct. 17, 2024 06:32 AM EDT

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — A Vietnamese real estate tycoon was convicted Thursday of fraudulently obtaining property worth billions of dollars and sentenced to life in prison, in a case that has been a centerpiece of the government's crackdown on corruption. Truong My Lan was already...

Vietnamese billionaire tycoon found guilty of defrauding stockholders, sentenced to 21 years

Aug. 05, 2024 06:57 AM EDT

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — A prominent Vietnamese business tycoon was found guilty Monday of defrauding stockholders of nearly $150 million by falsely inflating the value of his company, in a case that comes as the government cracks down on widespread corruption in the country. The...