Hanoi, July 8 -- The Ministry of Public Security and Hanoi police have released details of their investigation into a large-scale fraud case involving Pho Duc Nam, known publicly as "Mr Pips". At the ministry's press conference on July 7, Lieut. Gen. Nguyen Thanh Tung, Director of the Hanoi Department of Public Security, said that 44 individuals have been prosecuted in connection with the case. Of these, 38 face charges of "fraudulent appropriation of assets", four are accused of "concealing assets derived from crime", and one individual has been charged with "failing to report a crime". Hanoi police, in coordination with Interpol Vietnam and Interpol Thailand, arrested Ngo Thi Theu - the wife of Le Khac Ngo (alias "Mr Hunter") - who had ...