Unknown story about the subject who lost a bet on the World Cup and stole an ambulance

Regarding the case of “losing a football bet and stealing an ambulance at Trieu An hospital”, Binh Tan District Police have so far detained Nguyen Minh Ho (born in 1980, residing in An Giang province, currently living as a vagrant) to clarify the act of “theft of property”. Initially, Ho admitted to his crime.

Subject Ho was a bachelor of economic law from a university.

Nguyen Minh Ho said he had been addicted to football betting since he was a child. His family tried to stop him, but he did not give up. Nguyen Minh Ho graduated with a bachelor's degree in economic law from a university in Ho Chi Minh City and had two wives and two children in An Giang.

Nguyen Minh Ho's family has a car for service and most of them have gone abroad to settle down. Nguyen Minh Ho is addicted to gambling so he is often in dire straits and has to do many jobs to make a living.

At the police station, Ho confessed that since the 2018 World Cup started, Nguyen Minh Ho lost more than 100 million VND in bets. Frustrated, Nguyen Minh Ho left for Ho Chi Minh City to live a vagrant life.

The ambulance of Trieu An hospital that Nguyen Minh Ho stole.

Regarding the ambulance theft at Trieu An Hospital in Binh Tan District, Nguyen Minh Ho stated that on the evening of April 23, while watching a soccer match in Binh Tan District, he bet on the Mexico-Korea match in the 2018 World Cup qualifiers and lost 10 million VND. Ho had to sell his motorbike to pay off the bet.

At around 5am on June 24, Nguyen Minh Ho went to Trieu An Hospital on Kinh Duong Vuong Street, An Lac Ward, Binh Tan District, and entered the hospital canteen to ask for free food. When passing by the parking lot, Nguyen Minh Ho discovered that the ambulance with license plate number 51B-125.46 still had the key in it, so he got in and drove out of the hospital towards Trung Luong Expressway to return to his hometown in An Giang.

When arriving at the Trung Luong Expressway toll station, the toll collector became suspicious and reported to the Tan Tuc Town Police, Binh Chanh District, to arrest the subject. Based on Nguyen Minh Ho's statement, the Tan Tuc Town Police handed over the person and the evidence to the Binh Tan District Police for handling.

Nguyen Minh Ho did not admit to stealing the car to sell it, but said he only took the car back to his hometown with the intention of getting money or finding valuable family assets to pawn, bringing the money to Ho Chi Minh City to continue gambling. And when he was done, he would bring the car back to Trieu An Hospital.

Furthermore, Nguyen Minh Ho claims to be mentally ill and has documents to prove his illness. The police are currently verifying Nguyen Minh Ho's statement to clarify and handle the case.