Billion-dollar gambling ring disguised as a coffee shop
After taking over an international football betting website called “Bong 88”, Tien organized football betting for other subjects.
On the morning of March 4, the Criminal Police Department of Thua Thien Hue Province Police said that the unit had just dismantled a large-scale football betting ring, thereby arresting 5 subjects to clarify the act of organizing gambling andgamble.
Previously, through surveillance, the Criminal Police of Thua Thien Hue Province discovered that A Ron Coffee Shop (No. 3/89 Duy Tan, An Cuu Ward, Hue City) was an online soccer betting spot for many gamblers.
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| A Ron Coffee Shop, the place where Tien organized gambling. |
Immediately afterwards, the Criminal Police Department of Thua Thien Hue Province Police raided A Ron Coffee Shop, catching red-handed 5 subjects including: Dang Huy Tien (born 1984), Nguyen Ngoc Hung (born 1973), Tran Vang (born 1953), Tran Huu Binh (born 1987) and Phan Canh Thuan (born 1980, all residing in Hue City) organizing gambling and participating in football betting.
Through investigation, the police identified Dang Huy Tien as the ringleader and organizer of football betting. After taking over the international football betting website named “Bong 88” from a subject in Thuy Duong ward, Huong Thuy town, Tien organized football betting for other subjects.
From February 16 to the time of his arrest, Tien organized football betting with a total amount of 439,812 USD. According to Tien's regulations, 1 USD can be converted to 20 million to 50 million VND, the total amount of money the subjects bet was more than 18.2 billion VND. On February 28 alone, the amount of money the subjects bet was more than 799 million VND.
At the scene, the police seized 22 sheets of football betting odds, 5 laptops, 2 cell phones and more than 53 million VND in cash.