An appeals court upheld Truong My Lan’s death sentence for bank fraud but suggested she could avoid execution by repaying three-quarters of the money she stole.

A court in Vietnam on Tuesday upheld a death sentence for real estate tycoon Truong My Lan after rejecting her appeal against a conviction for embezzlement and bribery in a high-profile $12 billion fraud case,

Real estate tycoon Truong My La has been ordered to pay three-quarters of the amount she is accused of defrauding to have her ruling reduced to a life sentence

Vietnamese real estate tycoon Truong My Lan was convicted of orchestrating a massive bank fraud, siphoning billions of dollars through shell companies and bribery. Sentenced to death, she's attempting to repay a portion of the stolen funds to reduce her sentence to life imprisonment.

A Vietnamese court rejected the appeal of real estate tycoon Truong My Lan on Tuesday but kept the door open for her death sentence to be commuted if she pays back three quarters of the fraud amount,

A court in Vietnam on Tuesday upheld the death sentence for real estate tycoon Truong My Lan, rejecting her appeal against a conviction for embezzlement and bribery, according to state media. Truong My Lan,

Truong My Lan, 68, may be eligible for clemency if she is able to return at least 75 percent of the misappropriated assets.

A court in Vietnam has upheld the death sentence for real estate tycoon Truong My Lan but said it could be commuted to life if she reimburses some $11 billion.