Woman arrested for defrauding over 1 billion VND for online gambling

The Investigation Police Agency of Quang Tri Province announced that it has just issued a decision to prosecute and temporarily detain Ms. Nguyen Thi Linh (39 years old, residing in Vinh Linh commune, Quang Tri) for the crime of "Fraudulent appropriation of property".

Initial investigation results show that due to business losses leading to debt, Linh participated in online gambling on the website luck8.com in the hope of having money to pay off debt.

To get capital for gambling, Linh gave false information about needing money for business, thereby borrowing from Ms. Nguyen Thi Yen (also residing in the area). By this trick, Ms. Linh appropriated more than 1 billion VND from Ms. Yen. After many times of asking for the money back but failing, Ms. Yen filed a complaint against Ms. Linh's actions to the police.

At the investigation agency, Nguyen Thi Linh admitted all her crimes. The case is being further investigated and clarified by the Quang Tri Provincial Police Department.

Previously, the People's Court of Hue City opened a first-instance trial and sentenced defendant Ha Xuan Khanh (born 1983, residing in Hue City) to 9 years and 6 months in prison for fraud and property appropriation.

According to the case file, because of their close friendship for more than 10 years and their previous work in the banking sector, Mr. Dang Nguyen Thanh T. (born in 1991) and Khanh and his wife lent each other money to do woodworking business, and the bank loan was due. In February 2023, due to kidney failure, Khanh quit his job at the bank without pay and underwent dialysis treatment at Hue Central Hospital.

During the Lunar New Year 2024, because he was being treated at home, Khanh used his personal phone to go on Facebook to check the news. At this time, Khanh's personal Facebook page was running an advertisement for the online gambling website "Bet88". Wanting to play to relax, Khanh downloaded the application of this "Bet88" page to his personal phone and created an account, then linked it to Khanh's bank accounts to gamble. Having lost all his money, Khanh swindled 7.7 billion VND from his close friend who used to work in the banking sector to gamble "to relax".