Vinh City Police dismantled an inter-provincial EURO football betting ring, arresting 18 subjects.

Through the investigation, Vinh City Police discovered that Ho Xuan Hoa (born in 1989), residing in Minh Thanh Commune, Yen Thanh District, Nghe An Province; temporarily residing in Di An City, Binh Duong Province, took advantage of the EURO 2024 finals to organize football betting for gamblers via the internet.

To avoid detection by the police, Ho Xuan Hoa pretended to be visiting his hometown in Yen Thanh district (Nghe An) but in reality, he was organizing gamblers to participate in betting on matches taking place at EURO 2024.

Hoa is the leader, using the General Agent account to organize an online gambling ring for gamblers in Vinh city, Do Luong and Yen Thanh districts (Nghe An province) and Thanh Hoa, Binh Duong, Ho Chi Minh City and Dong Nai provinces. This is a very professionally organized ring with many tricks to deal with the authorities.

Accordingly, Ho Xuan Hoa only lured and provided betting accounts to acquaintances with good financial conditions. All gambling transactions of the subjects were conducted online via smartphones.

Faced with that situation, in order to promptly combat and eradicate the mobile, inter-provincial football betting ring and arrest the subjects, Vinh City Police reported to the leaders of Nghe An Provincial Police to establish a special project.

Because the subjects in the gambling ring organized and gambled in the form of football betting via the internet in different provinces, operating with extremely sophisticated and secretive methods and tricks, the Special Task Force has deployed specific and detailed plans and strategies with the determination to "take down" this ring.

Persistently and flexibly deploying professional measures, on July 2, 2024, Vinh City Police successfully broke up a case, eradicated a gambling organization and gambling ring in the form of football betting via the internet, operating mobile and inter-provincially, simultaneously deployed 18 working groups to arrest 18 subjects in the provinces of Nghe An, Thanh Hoa, Binh Duong, Dong Nai and Ho Chi Minh City.

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The arrested subjects include: Ho Xuan Hoa; Nguyen Manh Hung (born 1986), Nguyen Van Duong (born 1975), Truong Van Thien (born 1981), Nguyen Ba Tuan (born 1994), all residing in Ho Chi Minh City; Chu Van Nga (born 1982), Nguyen Van Cuong (born 1981), Tran Ngoc Chau (born 1976), Le Van Thuong (born 1979), all residing in Binh Duong province; Cao Tien Duc (born 2003), Cao Xuan Binh (born 1980); Tran Van Hoang (born 1996), all residing in Nghe An province; Le Van Quy (born 1993), Mai Van Truong (born 1990), Le Xuan Sang (born 1999), Le Huy Tuan (born 1987), La Duc Hoan (born 1990), all residing in Thanh Hoa province and Nguyen Huy Cuong (born 1993), residing in Cam My district, Dong Nai province.

Police seized evidence: 18 mobile phones and many documents and evidence related to gambling organization and other gambling.

Initially, Vinh City Police clarified that on July 1, 2024, when EURO 2024 took place, Ho Xuan Hoa organized gambling for gamblers to participate with a total of more than 1.3 billion VND.

Currently, the case is being continued and expanded by the Vinh City Police Investigation Agency.