Busting a lottery number recording ring worth over 1 billion VND
(Baonghean.vn) - Hung Nguyen District Police have just successfully broken up a case, arresting 4 subjects gambling in the form of recording lottery numbers with a sum of billions of dong.
Recently, Hung Nguyen District Police discovered a group with signs of gambling by recording lottery numbers with large sums of money. The subjects operated in a sophisticated manner, including subjects with criminal records for many crimes.
Faced with that situation, Hung Nguyen District Police reported to the Provincial Police leaders to establish a special project to fight.
The investigation team identified the leader of the gambling ring as Pham Ba Xuyen (born 1973), residing in Hung Yen Bac commune, Hung Nguyen district.
Three other people involved in the gambling ring include: Nguyen Thi Uyen (born in 1990); Nguyen Thi Thu Trang (born in 1997); Nguyen Van Huong (born in 1992), all residing in Hung Yen Bac commune, Hung Nguyen district.
In which, Nguyen Van Huong is the subject with 02 previous convictions for crimes.
To conceal their crimes, the subjects in the above line do not gamble directly through books but use social networks such as Viber and Zalo to receive and send lottery messages. The activities of the subjects are closed, during the time of receiving lottery boards, the subjects move or close the door in the house, install surveillance cameras.
Using synchronous professional measures, on January 9, 2024, Hung Nguyen District Police successfully broke the case, arresting the above 4 subjects for gambling.
Initially, the authorities determined that the amount of money the subjects gambled with from November 3, 2023 to the time of arrest was more than 1 billion VND.
The case is being further investigated by Hung Nguyen District Police.
