Busting football betting ring worth up to 800 billion VND
The police have just broken up a gambling ring and organized gambling in the form of football betting worth up to 800 billion VND. Nguyen Van Nam, Nguyen Van Phong and many other subjects were arrested.
On February 10, Hanoi City Police said they had successfully dismantled a gambling ring and organized gambling in the form ofsoccer bettingwith the amount of up to 800 billion VND. The police agency has initiated a case, prosecuted the accused and detained 6 subjects for the acts of "Organizing gambling" and "Gambling".
This ring was led by Nguyen Van Phong (born in 1983, in Dong Anh district, Hanoi) and Nguyen Van Nam (born in 1990, in Bac Ninh city, Bac Ninh province). The masterminds all had many criminal records and sophisticated criminal activities, with a clear division of roles. They used the internet, social networking applications such as Telegram, Zalo... and unregistered bank accounts to conduct transactions, in order to deal with the authorities.
On January 19, the Criminal Police Department simultaneously launched a campaign, arresting 8 subjects, including Nam and Phong. The investigation showed that since June 2024, Nam and Nguyen Huu Quynh (born in 1985, in Tien Du district, Bac Ninh) had organized gambling together. Nam was given 2 football betting accounts with large limits by Nguyen Tien Dung (born in 1986, in Bac Ninh city). Nam then handed these accounts over to Quynh to monitor and pay the money.
From June 2024 to January 19, 2025, the total amount of money the subjects participated in betting amounted to about 800 billion VND. After that, Nam handed over the above betting account to Phong and Hoang Anh Quang (born in 1985, in Dan Phuong district, Hanoi) to continue organizing betting.
By January 2025, when they learned that the police force had increased its crackdown on crime, Nam and Phong switched to using new accounts to conceal their crimes. In addition, the police also discovered that Tran Minh Hoang (born in 1986) was given a football betting account by Duong Van Dai (born in 1975, in Long Bien district, Hanoi). Hoang used this account to bet and handed it over to Doan Hoai Nam (born in 1991) to manage and enter bets for Nguyen Trung Hieu (born in 1986).
Searching the suspects’ residence, the police seized 3 cars, 18 mobile phones and froze 500 million VND in related bank accounts. The case is currently being further investigated by the police.
