Ministry of Public Security dismantles gambling ring worth over 300 billion VND

The Ministry of Public Security has just dismantled a gambling ring worth more than 300 billion VND, arresting two suspects who were the ringleaders of this 'huge' gambling ring.

Reading the search warrant for suspect Lu Vinh Loi. Photo: CH

On January 10, the leader of the High-Tech Crime Prevention Police Department (C50) of the Ministry of Public Security said that this agency had just coordinated with the Criminal Police Department (C45) of the Ministry of Public Security to destroy a gambling ring with a scale of more than 300 billion VND. The police force arrested and urgently searched the residence of the two suspects leading this ring, La Tung Thinh (53 years old, residing in District 10, Ho Chi Minh City) and Lu Vinh Loi (53 years old, residing in District 11, Ho Chi Minh City).

According to initial information, in mid-2016, C50 discovered a large-scale online gambling and gambling organization through the website Vwin... with a transaction amount of more than 300 billion VND.

The Vwin website... was built, managed and started operating in 2013 by a company in the Philippines. This company organizes gambling in many forms such as sports betting, online casino, online lottery. To participate in gambling, players must create an account on the website and deposit money into the account to play.

After a period of investigation and surveillance, on the night of January 9, C50 coordinated with C45 to divide into many working groups in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi to arrest and search the residences of the two "bosses" Loi, Thinh and several other suspects.

Initially, the suspects confessed to gambling and organizing gambling on the internet. Currently, the Ministry of Public Security's Investigation Police Agency is investigating and clarifying the case.

According to Thanh Nien