Breaking up World Cup football betting ring worth hundreds of billions of dong
On July 11 and 12, more than 100 officers and soldiers of Division 4, Criminal Police Department (C45), Ministry of Public Security coordinated with the Mobile Police Command (K20), Ho Chi Minh City Police, Tay Ninh, Binh Duong to destroy an inter-provincial gambling ring worth hundreds of billions of dong led by Nguyen Van Binh (36 years old, from Bac Giang, residing in District 12, Ho Chi Minh City).
Specifically, Department C45 divided into 8 working groups to coordinate with the execution of the emergency arrest warrant, searched the residence of Binh and 8 other accomplices for organizing gambling and gambling. The police force seized evidence including more than 500 million VND, 900 USD, 3 cars, 6 computers, 24 bank cards and many other documents related to organizing gambling and gambling.
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| Binh and his wife and juniors. |
According to the initial investigation: Binh's gang "hid" under the guise of companies and businesses to organize gambling and gambling in the form of online football betting. Assisting Binh in running the line were two powerful "henchmen" including Nguyen Van Do (residing in Thu Duc district, Ho Chi Minh City) and Tran Quang Binh (residing in Binh Duong).
Notably, Binh’s network does not require gamblers to deposit money into their accounts before allowing them to bet like other online gambling networks. Accordingly, Binh gives gamblers accounts with a certain amount of virtual money for them to bet. After each week, Binh has his juniors calculate the wins and losses to collect or contribute money to the gamblers.
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| Super car and seized evidence. |
According to the C45 Department's detectives, Binh's network operates very sophisticatedly because it mainly deals in cash, making it difficult to determine the exact amount of money gambled. The suspects all come from well-off families, live in villas, and use "super cars". In addition to organizing gambling, Binh also recruited many followers who are big-name criminals to operate loan sharking and collect betting money.
Based on verified documents, from 2014 to present, the total amount of money deposited into the accounts of the organizers is estimated at hundreds of billions of dong. Currently, the Investigation Agency is continuing to take statements from the subjects to further investigate this line, clarifying the roles of the subjects.
