Arrest of 4 women leading a 'huge' lottery ring in Nghe An

Previously, through the work of grasping the situation, from mid-May 2021, Quynh Luu District Police discovered a line specializing in recordinglot number, lottery numberwith many participants, extremely sophisticated activities, with many links inside and outside the district.

Using professional measures, the detectives identified the four ringleaders as Duong Thi Nhung (born in 1970), residing in Hamlet 10, Quynh Chau Commune; Nguyen Thi Chinh (born in 1970), residing in Block 5, Cau Giat Town; Nguyen Thi Chin (born in 1975), residing in Hamlet 6, Quynh Chau Commune and Nguyen Thi Thai (born in 1969), Village 5, Quynh Thang Commune.

4 ringleaders of a gambling ring using lottery numbers. Photo: Binh Minh

After understanding the methods and tricks of the subjects, from June 9 to 15, 2021, Quynh Luu District Police successfully broke up the case, coordinated with police units and localities, and arrested 13 subjects for gambling. Of which, 11 subjects were female, aged from 23 to 53; 2 subjects resided in Quy Hop District.

The police seized 21 betting boards, 17 mobile phones, 03 laptops and many other related evidences. Initial evidence proves that the amount of money the subjects gambled in May 2021 and early June 2021 was more than 10 billion VND. On June 8, 2021 alone, it was 876 million VND.

According to the investigation agency, this line operates very sophisticatedly. Sometimes they "operate" through phone applications such as Zalo, Facebook, Messenger; sometimes they operate directly through agents. To deceive the authorities, the leaders are extremely vigilant. They hire guards, lock the doors carefully; and frequently change their communication methods. To be more careful, they only receive lottery numbers sent from agents, not accepting individual bets.

Quynh Luu police also received close coordination from Tam Hop commune police, Quy Hop district to arrest a number of related subjects.

Currently, the authorities are consolidating the records to soon bring the subjects to justice.

List of prosecuted subjects:

1. Duong Thi Nhung (born in 1970). 2. Nguyen Thi Chin (born in 1975). 3. Le Thi Phuong (born in 1998). 4. Tran Thi Ha (born in 1995). 5. Ho Thi Hien (born in 1988), all residing in Quynh Chau commune, Quynh Luu;

6. Nguyen Thi Chinh (born in 1970). 7. Nguyen Thi Phuong (born in 1972), residing in block 4, Cau Giat town, Quynh Luu district;

8. Nguyen Thi Thoa (born in 1984), residing in Quynh My commune, Quynh Luu district;

9. Nguyen Thi Thai (born in 1969). 10. Bui Thi Lieu (born in 1970), residing in Quynh Thang commune, Quynh Luu district;

11. Ho Trong Cung (born in 1967), residing in Ngoc Son commune, Quynh Luu district.

12. Ho Thi Doan (born in 1972). 13. Ho Thi Nga (born in 1966), residing in Tam Hop commune, Quy Hop district.

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