Police prosecuted and temporarily detained the gang of gangsters Vu "Bong Hong"
On January 18, the Ministry of Public Security's Investigation Police Agency issued a decision to prosecute the case, prosecute the accused, and temporarily detain Lam Thanh Vu (commonly known as Vu "Bong Hong") and four other subjects to investigate and clarify the acts of gambling and organizing gambling.
Notorious gangs in the southern provinces
Previously, after a long period of investigation, detectives from Department 4, C02 of the Ministry of Public Security discovered that the gang led by Vu "Bong Hong" operating in Thu Duc district, district 9... had signs of organizing gambling, loan sharking, debt collection... so they followed and strengthened the case.
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| Police prosecuted and detained the notorious gang of gangsters Vu "Bong Hong" in Saigon. Photo: CA |
On the afternoon of January 8, Vu "Bong Hong" and his group of juniors traveled to Phu Quoc, Kien Giang province to collect money and meet juniors to party. Afterwards, the group flew to Tan Son Nhat airport in Ho Chi Minh City. Upon landing at the airport, Vu and his juniors were arrested by police detectives.
On the same day, many detective teams raided 14 different locations in districts of Ho Chi Minh City and arrested many of Vu "Bong Hong"'s followers. During the search, the police seized many computers, phones, documents related to the gambling and gambling organization of the gang, along with 3 cars and nearly 800 million VND...
How does Vu "Bong Hong" coordinate work?
At the police station, Vu “Bong Hong” was quite stubborn and refused to declare anything about the gang he led. Even when the investigator asked Vu for the passwords of devices such as: cell phones, computers, accounts... Vu “Bong Hong” refused to say. The declarations of Vu “Bong Hong”’s juniors alone revealed the network led by Vu specializing in organizing gambling, loan sharking, protection...
The underlings confessed that Vu "Bong Hong" gave them many betting accounts to "entice" gamblers in many provinces and cities such as: Ho Chi Minh City, Binh Duong, Kien Giang... to participate in betting on sites such as: Bong88.com, agl.30k30k.net... These accounts converted money into points to win or lose on the websites.
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| Seized evidence. Photo: CT |
Through investigation, the police determined that in each locality, Vu “Bong Hong” assigned a subordinate to hold the betting accounts. For Ho Chi Minh City, Vu and a number of subordinates directly managed the gambling ring. Vu “Bong Hong”’s gambling ring transacted hundreds of billions of dong. In addition to organizing gambling, Vu “Bong Hong” and his subordinates also operated loan sharking and debt collection.
Vu “Bong Hong”’s gang operates 3 in 1 including: Gambling organization, loan sharking, and mafia (debt collection). Regarding loan sharking, Vu “Bong Hong” is divided into many levels for his juniors to manage. During the investigation, Vu “Bong Hong”’s headquarters was located in District 9 and was often attended by dozens of gangsters.
The leader of the Criminal Police Department said that this gang operates in many provinces and cities and is a professional organization. It took detectives a long time to track it down before they could solve the case.
