Nghe An: Arrested 11 subjects in a high-tech gambling ring

Yen Thanh District Police worked with two subjects Le Dinh Loi and Vu Van Vinh. Photo: Hong Ngoc

Previously, in early April 2022, through the work of grasping the situation, Yen Thanh District Police discovered a network.gambling in the form of lotteryusing high technology with sophisticated tricks, frequently changing methods of operation to deceive authorities.

Faced with the above situation, Yen Thanh District Police established a special project to fight. The special project team was established with the participation of many experienced investigators and detectives; at the same time, coordinated with the professional department of Nghe An Provincial Police in the process of solving the case.

Evidence seized by the police. Photo: Hong Ngoc

During the fight, the Task Force encountered many difficulties because the leaders were very sophisticated and cunning. They limited direct transactions and communication via mobile phones, mainly using social networks such as Zalo, Telegram, Whatsapp... to communicate and frequently changed phone numbers.

However, with great determination, monitoring day and night, grasping the subjects' activities and collecting documents and evidence, at 6:30 p.m. on May 6, 2022, considering that the opportunity to solve the case was ripe, the Special Task Force simultaneously deployed 08 working groups, arresting 08 subjects residing in Yen Thanh district for gambling.

The subjects include: Le Dinh Loi (born 1987), Vu Van Vinh (born 1977), Phan Van Duong (born 1985), Hoang Vu Trung (born 1988), Thai Ngoc Quy (born 1974), Le Xuan Quang (born 1981), Duong Duc Manh (born 1988), Vu Duy Dong (born 1989). Confiscated evidence includes 80 million VND, 12 mobile phones, 06 bank cards, 05 frozen bank accounts and many related evidences.

Through the investigation, the police agency clarified that the ring leaders were Le Dinh Loi and Vu Van Vinh. Loi and Vinh organized other subjects to act as agents to organize gambling in the form of recording lottery numbers, using high technology via mobile phones, social networking applications, and text messages for transactions. The subordinate agents sent lottery numbers and gambling money of gamblers to Loi and Vinh to receive a percentage of the "commission".

Some members of the ring were arrested. Photo: Hong Ngoc

Continuing to expand the project, on May 31, 2022, the Project Board arrested 3 more subjects in the above gambling ring, including: Nguyen Hoang Hung (born in 1989), Le Van Chat (born in 1978), both residing in Hanoi city, Cao Thi Lan (born in 1983), residing in Yen Thanh district. The seized exhibits included 3 mobile phones.

According to the investigation results, from April 25, 2022 to May 31, 2022, the amount of money the subjects used for gambling was nearly 8.4 billion VND.

Currently, Yen Thanh District Police are consolidating records to handle the subjects according to legal regulations./.