Article 280.- Abusing positions and/or powers to apporpriate property 1. Those who abuse their positions and/or powers to appropiate other persons• property valued between five hundred thousand dong and under fifty million dong or under five hundred thousand dong but causing serious consequences, have been disciplined for such act or sentenced for one of the offenses defined in Section A, this Chapter, not yet entitled to criminal record remission but continue to commit it, shall be sentenced to between one and six years of imprisonment. 2. Committing the crime in one of the following circumstances, the offenders shall be sentenced to between six years and thirteen years of imprisonment: a) In an organized manner; b) Employing perfidious and dangerous tricks; c) Committing the crime more than once; d) Dangerous recidivism; e) Appropriating the property valued between five million and under two hundred million dong; f) Causing other serious consequences. 3. Committing the crime in one of the following circumstances, the offenders shall be sentenced to between thirteen and twenty years of imprisonment. a) Appropriating the property valued between two hundred million dong and under five hundred million dong; b) Causing other very serious consequences. 4. Committing the crime in one of the following circumstances, the offenders shall be sentenced to twenty years of imprisonment or life imprisonment.. a) Appropriating property valued at five hunderd million dong or more; b) Causing other particularly serious consequences. 5. The offenders shall also be banned from holding certain posts for one to five years, and/or may be subject to a fine of between ten million to fifty million dong. Article 281.- Abusing positions and/or powers while performing official duties 1. Those who, for self-seeking or other personal motivation, abuse their positions and/or powers to act contrarily to their official duties, causing damage to the interests of the State and the society and/or the legitimate rights and interests of