Online football betting line worth more than 2.5 billion VND was eliminated.

Minh Tam• March 18, 2020 16:47

(Baonghean.vn) - With a good understanding of information technology, Hieu and Duy came up with the idea of making illegal profits from online football betting. The police have proven that the amount of money the subjects used for gambling up to the time of their arrest was more than 2.5 billion VND.

On March 18, Nghia Dan District Police (Nghe An) announced: The unit has just successfully broken up Project 220H, eliminating an online gambling ring after 1 month of persistent fighting, collecting documents, information and evidence.

Previously, around December 2019, Nghia Dan District Police discovered a group of people engaging in high-tech gambling in the form of football betting. Among them, Nguyen Van Hieu (born in 1997) residing in Binh Hanh hamlet and Doan Bao Duy (born in 1997) residing in Binh Phat hamlet, both in Nghia Binh commune, Nghia Dan district, emerged with many suspicious and unclear signs about time and money.

Evidence of the case. Photo: Minh Tam

During the investigation, the police agency clarified that Hieu and Duy regularly accessed the website viva88.net with their own accounts and passwords to bet on football, and at the same time accepted bets from a number of gamblers in order to make illegal profits. Not only that, they also gambled with other subjects by recording lottery numbers.

During the gambling process, the two subjects mainly used smartphones, laptops and personal Facebook accounts to text, call, make football betting transactions and receive lottery numbers transferred by other gamblers. Related to the activities of Hieu and Duy were 5 other subjects including: Nguyen Viet Cuong (born in 1992) and Le Tu Huy (born in 1999), both residing in Tan Hoa block; Nguyen Cong Hiep (born in 1992), residing in Tan Mai block, Nghia Dan town; Nguyen Van Tan (born in 1988), residing in Tan Phu hamlet, Nghia Hoi commune; and Phan Tuan Huynh (born in 1997), residing in Binh Phat hamlet, Nghia Binh commune, both in Nghia Dan district.

To bypass the authorities and avoid detection by the masses, they often choose late at night or early morning (from 0:00 to 3:00) to organize betting. The gamblers do not live together but separately. In particular, they often change phone numbers, almost do not transact in cash but use many different bank accounts but not the owner to receive and transfer gambling money, they accumulate for many days to summarize, pay at once and delete related messages.

Subjects at the police station. Photo: Minh Tam

However, the crimes of the subjects did not escape the eyes of the police. By the early morning of March 15, the Special Task Force had arrested Nguyen Van Hieu and Doan Bao Duy along with related subjects, confiscating 13 mobile phones, 1 desktop computer, 3 laptops, 1 wifi transmitter and receiver, 4 USBs, 30 million VND in cash and many other items that the subjects used to gamble in the form of football betting.

At the police station, Nguyen Van Hieu and Doan Bao Duy bowed their heads and confessed to all their crimes. At the time of their arrest, the amount of money the subjects in this network used for gambling was more than 2.5 billion VND.

According to Hieu’s statement, after a friend gave him an account on the website viva88.net, Hieu shared this account with Duy to both bet on football and organize betting for profit. In addition, Hieu and Duy also accepted bets from other subjects and then used the above account to bet with the “bookmaker” to enjoy the difference.

Currently, the Investigation Police Agency is consolidating relevant records and documents to prosecute the subjects in accordance with the provisions of law.