Caught 19 people gambling, prosecuted for additional charges of football betting during World Cup season
(Baonghean.vn) - Knowing that many people have a need to bet on football, Hiep discussed with Anh Tuan to find the manager of a football betting website to ask for an account and then act as an intermediary to receive bets.
From March 1-6, 2019, Tan Ky District People's Court tried a criminal case against 19 defendants for gambling.
The 19 defendants include Van Ba Hiep, Hoang Tuan Anh, Nguyen Ngoc Thang, Truong Khanh Hai, Dau Ngoc Luc, Tran Quang Manh, Van Ba Diep, Van Ba Tung, Nguyen Van Ngoc, Ta Danh Quang, Gian Viet Lap, Nguyen Van Nghia, Cu Xuan Cai, Dang Xuan Luc, Ha Xuan Hoang, Tran Van Tu, and Vo Van Hop.
According to the 103-page indictment, at 5:10 a.m. on July 16, 2018, at Nguyen Ngoc Thang's house in Tan Thai hamlet, Tan Phu commune, Tan Ky district, Tan Ky district police caught Thang, Tuan Anh, Hiep, and Linh gambling in the form of betting. The investigation proved that the amount of money used by the defendants for gambling was 2,760,000 VND.
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| 19 defendants at the trial. Photo: Nguyen Tran |
In addition, the Investigation Police Agency of Tan Ky District Police investigated and clarified that during the 2018 World Cup football season from June 14, 2018 to July 15, 2018, Hiep, Tuan Anh and Thang gambled with the remaining defendants mentioned above.
At the beginning of the 2018 World Cup Finals, knowing that many people wanted to bet on football, Hiep discussed with Anh Tuan to find a football betting website manager to ask for an account and then act as an intermediary to receive bets and money from people who wanted to bet to profit from betting.
Hiep contacted by phone a person named Hoang and Trong residing in Tan Ky town to ask for a website account to bet on football, and was provided by a person named Trong with the website Bong88.com with an access code.“ID:Tva8axy03H07”,password“ZZZZ1111”and guide Hiep on how to access the site.“Bong88.com”Use the access code and password above to bet on football and agree with Hiep to calculate and deliver winnings and losses on Mondays every week.
Hiep and Tuan Anh agreed to lower the winning rate in the bets received from the website to 0.5% before sending them to the bettors so that when the bettors win the bet, Hiep and Anh will receive 0.5% of the difference in winning rate...
When the match ends, the subjects will collect the money of the losing bettors, balance the payments to the winning bettors and settle the winnings and losses with the website provider. With the above methods and tricks, the subjects have consecutively carried out 64 gambling acts through 64 football matches of the 2018 World Cup Finals.
Hiep was the person who received bets from gamblers and was the person who directly balanced the winnings and losses to pay the gamblers and the betting website manager. Hiep was responsible for the largest amount of money gambled in one bet, which was 383,225,000 VND.
Tuan Anh directly carried out 64 acts of football betting through 64 football matches. Tuan Anh must bear criminal responsibility for the largest amount of money in one gambling session being 383,225,000 VND.
Thang committed the act of accepting bets 63 times through 63 football matches and must bear criminal responsibility for the largest amount in one gambling session being 193,825,000 VND.
Tu Anh committed 02 acts of accepting bets and must bear criminal responsibility with the largest amount in one gambling being 87,375,000 VND.
Ngoc participated in gambling 42 times through 42 matches and Ngoc must bear criminal responsibility for the largest amount of money in one gambling session being 115,500,000 VND.
Cai participated in gambling twice through two matches and must bear criminal responsibility for the largest amount of money in one gambling session being 81,600,000 VND.
Won 40 times through 40 matches, criminally liable for the largest amount in one gambling session of 49,950,000 VND.
Luc participated in gambling 42 times through 42 matches, and must bear criminal responsibility for the largest amount of money in one gambling session being 45,000,000 VND.
Hop participated in gambling 15 times and must bear criminal responsibility with the largest amount of money in one gambling being 10,000,000 VND.
Tung participated in gambling 3 times through 3 matches, and was criminally responsible for the largest amount of money in one gambling session being 39,000,000 VND.
Hoang participated in gambling 3 times through 3 matches, and must bear criminal responsibility with the largest amount in one gambling being 9,900,000 VND.
Diep had to bear criminal responsibility for the largest amount of money in one gambling session of 32,478,000 VND.
Xuan Luc participated in gambling and must bear criminal responsibility for the largest amount of money in one gambling session being 30,250,000 VND.
Quang participated in gambling and must bear criminal responsibility for the largest amount of money in one gambling session being 18,375,000 VND..
Manh participated in gambling and must bear criminal responsibility for the largest amount of money in one gambling session being 11,550,000 VND.
Tu participated in gambling and must bear criminal responsibility for the largest amount of money in one gambling session being 9,455,000 VND.
Ngoc Luc participated in gambling with a total gambling amount of 31,200,000 VND.
Nghia participated in gambling with a total gambling amount of 19,800,000 VND.
Lap gambled at least once in the final match with a total gambling amount of VND 5,775,000.
At the end of the trial, the panel sentenced Hiep to 38 months in prison; Tuan Anh to 36 months in prison; Thang to 24 months in prison; 4 defendants: Manh, Dau Luc, Nghia, Lap were fined a total of 82 million VND; The remaining defendants were sentenced to non-custodial reform.