thirty million dong, a ban from holding certain posts, practicing certain occupations or doing certain jobs for one to five years. Article 165.- Deliberately acting against the State•s regulations on economic management, causing serious consequences 1. Those who abuse their positions and/or powers to deliberately act against the State•s regulations on economic management, causing a loss of between one hundred million dong and three hundred million dong, or under one hundred million dong but the offenders have already been disciplined for such acts but repeat their violations thus causing serious consequences, shall be subject to non-custodial reform for up to three years or a prison term of between one and five years. 2. Committing the crime in one of the following circumstances, the offenders shall be sentenced to between three and twelve years of imprisonment: a) For self-seeking or other personal purposes; b) In an organized manner; c) Employing perfidious tricks; d) Causing a loss of from three hundred million dong to under one billion dong or causing other very serious consequences. 3. Committing the crime which entails a loss of one billion dong or more or other particularly serious consequences, the offenders shall be sentenced to between ten years and twenty years of imprisonment. 4. The offenders may also be subject to the confiscation of part or whole of their property, the ban from holding certain posts or doing certain jobs for one to five years. Article 166.- Establishing illegal funds 1. Those who abuse their positions and/or powers to set up an illegal fund valued at between fifty million dong and under two hundred million dong and have used such fund, causing serious consequences, or who have already been disciplined or administratively sanctioned for such acts but continue to commit them, shall be subject to non-custodial reform for up to three years or a prison term of between one and five years. 2. Committing the crime in one of the following circumstances, the offenders shall be sentenced to between three and seven years of imprisonment: a) Employing perfidious tricks to escape the control;