Arrested 6 subjects betting on football with the amount of more than 4.3 billion VND
(Baonghean.vn) - The subjects agreed to text via social media accounts such as Zalo and Telegram to "receive bets" on football betting. After the match ended and the winnings and losses were calculated, all related messages and images were deleted to avoid detection.
On July 18, the Investigation Police Agency of Yen Thanh District Police said that they were temporarily detaining 6 suspects to investigate and clarify their behavior.gamblein the form of football betting.
Previously, through reconnaissance work and other professional measures, Yen Thanh District Police discovered that Nguyen Van Minh (born in 1987), residing in Hamlet 8, Vien Thanh Commune, Yen Thanh District, was the leader of a ring organizing "gambling" activities in the form of football betting on the first matches of the Euro 2020 final round with subjects in Yen Thanh District on a large scale and in large numbers.
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| A group of gamblers were arrested by Yen Thanh District Police. Photo: An Phu |
The criminal activities of this group are quite sophisticated and cunning with many tricks to deal with and hide from the authorities. Specifically, they use the form of "pulling pages" of betting on the Internet to directly participate in betting online.
According to the police investigation, the subjects agreed to receive betting odds from each other by texting via highly secure social media accounts such as Zalo, Telegram... After the match ended and the winnings were calculated, all related messages and images were deleted to avoid detection.
Realizing that the betting ring was a complex and sophisticated criminal network that could seriously affect security and order in the area, Yen Thanh District Police directed the City Police Department's Criminal, Economic, and Drug Investigation Team to establish a special project to fight it.
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| Evidence of the case. Photo: An Phu |
After a period of investigation and monitoring the activities of the subjects, on July 12, 2021, the Special Task Force decided to crack the case, arresting Nguyen Van Minh and 05 subjects who were Minh's accomplices, including: Nguyen Huu Chien (born in 1995), Hoang Ngoc Tai (born in 1998), Tran Van Muoi (born in 1980), Tran Van Bay (born in 1974), all residing in Vien Thanh commune and Nguyen Danh Ton (born in 1992), residing in Bao Thanh commune, Yen Thanh district for the act of "Gambling" in the form of football betting. The seized exhibits included 01 laptop, 1 notebook, 9 mobile phones and more than 120,000,000 VND (One hundred and twenty million VND) in cash.
During the investigation, the investigation agency initially determined that from June 12, 2021 to July 12, 2021 (the time of the Euro 2020 finals), Nguyen Van Minh and his accomplices conducted many football betting transactions with a total amount of about 4.3 billion VND.
The case is currently being continued to be expanded.
