Two female fashion store owners disguised as gamblers

(Baonghean.vn)- On September 1, 2017, the Vinh City Police Department issued a decision to prosecute the case, prosecuting the defendants Nguyen Thi Hai Anh, Nguyen Thi Hien and Vu Quang for gambling. To make illegal profits, Anh and Hien used their business booth to secretly gamble by recording lottery numbers, each day up to tens of millions of dong.

Through the investigation, the detectives of the Criminal Police Team of Vinh City Police found that on Ly Tu Trong Street, Ha Huy Tap Ward, Vinh City, a number of people specialized in gambling by recording lottery numbers, including some students of the University of Economics, also participating, affecting security and order in the area.

Cash and evidence related to the gambling case were seized. Photo: Hai Chau

Faced with the above situation, the Vinh City Police Department assigned the Criminal Police Team to develop a plan to investigate and clarify the situation. Through investigation, the detectives discovered a gambling ring with many participants, the bookies were from other localities, and the bookies were from Vinh City, but the methods of operation were very sophisticated.

The above subjects often use mobile phones to exchange and transfer lottery numbers to the lottery owners, then delete the messages. For subjects participating in gambling with large amounts of cash, they often use slang language such as a "chai"; a dozen "chai" (a chai is 1 million VND).

After a period of investigation, using sharp professional measures, the authorities discovered a number of subjects who secretly collected lottery boards and then transferred them to lottery owners in other localities. Notably, there were two business owners on Ly Tu Trong Street, in Ha Huy Tap Ward, including: Nguyen Thi Hai Anh (born in 1973) of Ha Huy Tap Ward and Nguyen Thi Hien (born in 1976) of Hong Son Ward (Vinh City). He collected the lottery boards and then transferred them to the lottery owners to receive commission.

During the process of ambushing and monitoring, the detectives discovered that Anh opened a clothing shop and Hien sold food on Ly Tu Trong Street, but they often went back and forth to "do business" with Vu Quang (born in 1982), residing in Nghi Kim Commune, Vinh City, who had no stable job.

Subjects Anh, Hien and Quang. Photo: Hai Chau

"Through monitoring, we found that the relationship and interactions between these three characters were very close, but there were unusual signs. With the collected documents, we confirmed that this was a gambling ring in the form of lottery numbers, and the subjects' methods of operation were very sophisticated. Each time they transferred lottery numbers, the subjects often texted via phone using junk SIM cards, then threw them away, making it difficult to investigate and collect evidence. Subject Nguyen Thi Hai Anh was identified as the main character, responsible for collecting lottery boards, then sending text messages via mobile phone to lottery owners in other localities," Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Van Tinh, Head of the Criminal Police Team, said.

At around 6 p.m. on August 23, under the direction of Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Huu Cuong - Deputy Chief of Vinh City Police, 3 working groups simultaneously arrested all 3 subjects Hai Anh, Hien and Quang, along with evidence related to gambling in the form of lottery. The functional forces drew up a record of confiscating over 20 million VND in cash; 3 mobile phones; 4 notebooks recording lottery numbers.

At the investigation agency, through initial investigation, the above subjects confessed that on the day of arrest, they had participated in gambling for over 46 million VND. Nguyen Thi Hai Anh was responsible for collecting the lottery boards to transfer to the lottery owners in other localities but the specific identities are unknown to receive commission. The case is being further investigated, expanded and clarified./.

Hai Chau