Female monster used a coastal villa to organize a huge gambling ring in Nghe An

On February 18, Quynh Luu District Police said: after expanding the investigation, the unit is completing procedures to prosecute the case, prosecuting 08 defendants for organizing gambling and gambling. Among them, there are 02 ringleaders: Vu Thi Hoang, born in 1979; Nguyen Van Thuong, born in 1987, both residing in Son Hai commune, Quynh Luu district.

These are the subjects related to the application gambling line.Zalo, Facebook, and Messenger messages were fought and erased by Quynh Luu District Police on February 9, 2020.

The two ringleaders Vu Thi Hoang and Nguyen Van Thuong at the investigation agency. Photo: Xuan Bac

Previously, at 7:00 p.m. on February 9, 2020, Quynh Luu District Police successfully broke Project 220B, simultaneously arresting 05 subjects all residing in Son Hai Commune, Quynh Luu District, including: Vu Thi Hoang, born in 1979; Nguyen Van Thuong, born in 1987; Nguyen Thi Hien, born in 1967; Hoang Thi Vui, born in 1987; Nguyen Thi An, born in 1973, confiscating 296.3 million Vietnamese Dong, 710,000 Japanese Yen, 13 mobile phones, 02 laptops, 38 betting boards and related evidence. Through the investigation, it was initially proven that the amount of money the subjects gambled was 450.1 million VND.

Expanding the investigation, Quynh Luu District Police summoned and detained 3 more subjects: Phan Thuc Ngan, born in 1966, residing in An Hoa Commune; Bui Thi Tuyen, born in 1970 and Tran Thi Phuong, born in 1975, both residing in Quynh Tho Commune, Quynh Luu District. As for Nguyen Thi An, due to medical problems, the Investigation Agency released her.

Some members of the ring were arrested. Photo: Duc Vu

To destroy this criminal ring, Quynh Luu District Police spent a lot of time monitoring. Starting from January 2020, Quynh Luu District Police discovered a ring specializing in recording lottery numbers with a large number of participants, operating very sophisticatedly in the coastal communes of the district. Using professional measures, detectives identified the ringleaders as Vu Thi Hoang, born in 1979 and Nguyen Van Thuong, born in 1978, both residing in Hamlet 3, Son Hai Commune.

The two subjects set up and operated a gambling ring by betting on lottery numbers via Zalo, Facebook, Messenger messages or directly through agents in the district. To deceive the authorities, the two leaders of the ring were extremely vigilant, carefully locked the door and only accepted lottery numbers from agents, not accepting individual bets. In light of the above situation, on February 2, 2020, Quynh Luu District Police established a Project to concentrate forces to fight against the activities of the subjects in this gambling ring.

Evidence of the case. Photo: Duc Vu

During the surveillance process, the reconnaissance force said that the leader Vu Thi Hoang organized the recording of lottery numbers at her private house in Hamlet 3, Son Hai Commune. This house was built on 3 floors, was very securely fenced, had only one entrance and was monitored by a security camera system. During the criminal activity, the house door was always closed, the subject only received lottery messages via social networks from the lower-level agents. This caused many difficulties for the police force when approaching and catching her red-handed.

After calculating and considering all options, the leaders of Quynh Luu District Police met and decided to cut off the electricity to the entire area of ​​Hamlet 3, Son Hai Commune to "entice" the subject to open the door and proceed to arrest the criminal.

After implementing the above plan, at exactly 7:00 p.m. on February 9, 2020, many working groups simultaneously attacked and arrested 5 subjects in the illegal gambling ring.

Vu Thi Hoang's house was used to commit the crime. Photo: Duc Vu

At the investigation agency, the subjects admitted to the crime. Accordingly, after receiving the lottery points from the players, the subjects would transfer them to Vu Thi Hoang and Nguyen Van Thuong. These two subjects would pay the players after the results were available. Every day, thousands of lottery points were transferred to the two ringleaders. At the time of arrest, the investigation agency proved that the subjects used more than 450 million VND for gambling. Thus, each week the amount of money the subjects used to play lottery was up to billions of VND.

Lieutenant Colonel Ta Dinh Tuan - Head of Quynh Luu District Police said: 02 ringleaders used Facebook software to create their own accounts to receive messages from gamblers. From 5 pm every day, they closed the door to commit crimes, and only opened the door the next morning. Currently, the unit is completing procedures to prosecute the case, prosecuting 08 defendants for organizing gambling and gambling.