Police dismantled a lottery ring worth more than 50 billion VND

On December 25, Quang Nam Provincial Police said that the Cyber ​​Security and High-Tech Crime Prevention Department has just presided over and coordinated with professional units of the Ministry of Public Security, Tam Ky City Police, and Thang Binh District Police to eradicategambling linevia social networks in the form of lottery betting on a scale of more than 50 billion VND, led by Phan Thi Thu Ha (born 1978, residing in Tam Ngoc commune, Tam Ky city).

Accordingly, through reconnaissance, the police discovered a number of subjects using cyberspace to organize gambling in the form of lottery tickets for many subjects in Tam Ky City and neighboring districts.

These subjects use social networks and junk SIM cards to receive lottery tickets and use non-owner bank accounts to receive money transfers for gambling...

Through initial investigation, it was determined that since June 2024, the subjects Tran Thi Phuong, Tran Thi Ly, Vo Kim Tuan, Huynh Thi Thuong, Nguyen Thi Be, Pham Thi Nhan (all residing in Tam Ky City) have taken advantage of the daily lottery results of the Central and Northern provinces to organize betting via social networks and SMS messages, then synthesize and send them to Phan Thi Thu Ha to receive a 5% commission.

Then, Ha forwarded the received petitions of the day to Nguyen Luong Tri.

The amount of money Ha received and transferred each day ranged from 50 to 100 million VND and she received 5% of the total amount transferred to Tri. From June to December 15, the transaction amount of the subjects was over 50 billion VND.

Currently, the police have arrested 8 people related to this lottery betting ring. At the same time, they seized 19 mobile phones, 46 million VND, more than 2,000 pages of documents extracting transactions and many related objects and documents...

The case is under further investigation.