How do the 'big sisters' leading the lottery and betting ring in Nghe An operate?

In just the first 15 days of April 2022, Nghe An Police have consecutively dismantled 3 large gambling lines in the form of online lottery recording. The amount of money transacted through these lines is up to hundreds of billions of VND.

Most recently, on April 18, Vinh City Police arrested 12 subjects in a gambling ring.Nguyen Thi Kim Oanh (born in 1979), residing in Nghi Phu commune, Vinh city, Nghe An province, is the leader. For a long time, Oanh has been called the "big sister" in the lottery village in Nghi Phu commune and neighboring areas. Although she has been punished for gambling by recording lottery numbers, this woman is still the same, continuing to form and operate the network.online lottery

Below Oanh are 11 agents who collect lottery boards and transfer them to Oanh at the end of each day. The transactions of these subjects are completely online through software such as Zalo, Facebook, Viber. Initially, the investigation agency proved that the amount of money transacted each day through this gambling line is more than 1.5 billion VND.

“Second sister” Nguyen Thi Kim Oanh leads a lottery ring of 11 people. Photo: Tran Lam

From April 11 to 15, Vinh City Police broke up a case and arrested 15 people in a lottery gambling ring led by Ho Thi Hong Ha (born in 1973), residing in Tan Hung hamlet, Hung Loc commune, Vinh city. The arrest of Ha by the police surprised the people of Hung Loc commune and surrounding areas. For a long time, Ha was considered "untouchable" because her criminal methods were very sophisticated and reckless. Ha's subordinate agents were all famous "big brothers" and most of them had been punished for gambling by lottery numbers.

To conceal from the authorities, Ha directed his "underlings" to thoroughly use the internet to gamble, even instructing, mobilizing, and enticing players to abandon traditional lottery and betting methods and participate in online lottery and betting. Ha's two-story house was densely equipped with security cameras; but still not assured, Ha also arranged for relatives to guard from the gate during each transaction session. Every day, the average amount of money transacted through Ha's line was more than 2 billion VND.

“Eldest sister” Ho Thi Hong Ha and 14 juniors in a gambling ring using lottery numbers have just been eliminated by Vinh City Police. Photo: Tran Lam

Previously, in early April 2022, Dien Chau District Police (Nghe An) also broke up a case and eliminated the ring.high tech gamblingled by Dao Thi Huong (born in 1972), residing in Dien Thanh commune, Dien Chau district. The network run by Huong consists of 3 levels of agents, operating in an organized and professional manner.

Every day, the agents receive gambling messages from players, then summarize and transfer the information via text messages and social networks such as Zalo, Viber, and Fakebook to Huong. After the Northern lottery results are available, Huong will calculate the winnings and losses for the agents and notify them via text messages. Since the beginning of the year, the amount of money "flowing" through Huong's line is more than 90 billion VND.

The 90 billion VND lottery line was led by "big sister" Dang Thi Huong. Photo: Tran Lam

Lieutenant Colonel Tran Duc Hai - Deputy Chief of Dien Chau District Police - Nghe An said: The subjects in the gambling ring using lottery and number recording have very sophisticated tricks. The subjects often connect with each other to establish a multi-level dealer chain system, with high consensus on methods and tricks to deal with the authorities.

When operating, the subjects stay indoors, minimizing direct transactions. The houses of the ringleaders are often designed like bunkers, with only one entrance and installed with surveillance cameras at many different angles. If they are found suspicious, the subjects are ready to throw or smash phones and computers to destroy evidence. More sophisticatedly, many subjects also use junk SIM cards and non-owner accounts to exchange. After each transaction, all data is deleted, making it quite difficult for the authorities.

The houses of the ringleaders often have many surveillance cameras installed. Photo: Tran Lam

A common feature of the networks that have been dismantled recently is that the operators and participants are mainly women. Of the 38 subjects that have just been arrested, 31 are women aged 22 to 64. They are "big brothers" with a reputation in the localities and have criminal records for gambling in the form of lottery and number betting. During the arrest, some subjects showed resistance by scratching, screaming, and making noise; however, with a resolute spirit of fighting crime, the police force has deployed many professional measures to ensure absolute safety for the dismantled projects.

The Nghe An Police's continuous efforts to eradicate online lottery gambling rings have been supported by local authorities and people. Because playing lottery may not cause great damage at one time, but it has a lasting impact, causing many families to fall into a situation of "not having enough food and not having enough soup". In the coming time, the leaders of Nghe An Police will continue to direct the Police of units and localities to fight more strongly against this type of crime, even consolidating evidence to handle those who participate in lottery and lottery.