Police dismantle 100 billion VND football betting ring
Searching the homes of 6 suspects, police seized more than 3,000 documents, 1.8 billion VND, 4 taels of gold and 4 cars.
At 4:00 a.m. on March 5, the Economic Police of Thua Thien Hue Province Police arrested a group of gamblers and gambling organizers led by Truong Minh Quang (32 years old, residing in Phu Thuong commune, Phu Vang district).
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Hue police searched Truong Minh Quang's house. Photo:Binh Nguyen |
Five working groups from the Economic Police Department simultaneously searched the homes of Truong Minh Quang; Tran Phan Manh Hung (33 years old, residing at No. 2, Alley 280, Nguyen Sinh Cung Street); Pham Minh Thanh (35 years old, residing at Vinh Xuan Commune, Phu Vang); Nguyen Thi Kim Phuong (51 years old); Ho Dac Thanh (55 years old, both residing at No. 5, Le Quy Don Street, Hue City) and Ton That Co (46 years old, residing at Phu Thuong Commune, Phu Vang).
Police temporarily seized nearly 1.8 billion VND, 4 gold bars, 4 cars, many devices for gambling and organizing online gambling, including: computers, tablets, phones and more than 3,000 pages of documents related to football betting activities.
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Truong Minh Quang leads the betting ring. Photo:Binh Nguyen |
Truong Minh Quang confessed that the website he managed had a total amount of about 100 billion VND, in which Tran Phan Manh Hung effectively assisted Quang in committing the crime. Others took many of Quang's websites to gamble and organize gambling.
The Economic Police Department of Thua Thien Hue Province Police has ordered the above people to be temporarily detained to continue to consolidate the investigation file.
