Beauty runs 1,500 billion VND gambling ring
Nguyen Thi Kheo (35 years old) enticed, enticed, and hired 13 family members, relatives, and friends to open 97 accounts representing 2 gambling websites. The investigation agency verified 70 accounts, showing a transaction amount of 1,500 billion VND.
On February 26, the An Giang Provincial Police Department announced that it had transferred the case file to the People's Procuracy at the same level to propose prosecuting a group of 8 defendants in a transnational gambling ring via the Internet. The "Gambling Organization" group includes: Nguyen Thi Kheo (35 years old), Nguyen Van Sang (28 years old, Kheo's younger brother) and Truong Van Dieu (47 years old, Kheo's cousin, all residing in Tan Chau, An Giang province).
Khoe was identified as the mastermind behind the soccer betting ring on the website “ibet789.com” and the card and dice gambling ring on the website “12macau.com” in Vietnam.
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| The beautiful woman runs a trillion-dollar gambling ring. |
Based on the investigation results, on May 4, 2017, the investigation agency urgently arrested and searched the residences of Khéo, Diệu, and Sang. In 2013, through relationships, Khéo became acquainted with Phùng Văn Quảng and Rober Tao (unknown background).
Kheo went to Cambodia to meet Quang and Tao to discuss and agree to be the representative, selecting relatives to open representative accounts for the sites "ibet789.com" and "2macau.com" in Vietnam.
Every day, Kheo directly manages and reports the data of withdrawals, deposits, and transfers of gambling money through representative accounts for Quang and Tao via email.
Every time they needed to withdraw, deposit, or transfer money to gamble, Quang or Tao would text Kheo via phone, chat website, or social network about the amount to withdraw or transfer, the account number to deposit to, and the transfer to.
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| The younger brother of the beautiful woman (in white shirt) was arrested. |
Then, Khéo forwarded the messages to the phones of representative account holders he selected to conduct transactions. The investigation results proved that Khéo had enticed, enticed, and hired 13 family members, relatives, and friends to open 97 representative accounts for 2 gambling websites.
The investigation agency has verified 70 accounts, showing a transaction amount of 1,500 billion VND. Kheo alone opened 10 accounts (7 Vietnamese Dong accounts and 3 USD accounts), showing a transaction amount of 29 billion VND and 30,000 USD. Sang opened 8 accounts and made transactions of 313 billion VND. Dieu opened 8 accounts and made transactions for Kheo with a total amount of 80 billion VND.
