Nghe An: Dismantling a gambling ring worth over 2 trillion VND
(Baonghean.vn) - Through investigation, the Police Agency has proven that the amount of money the subjects used for gambling from the beginning of July 2021 to November 2, 2021 was more than 2,000 billion VND.
On November 9, the Criminal Police Department of Nghe An Province Police announced that it had successfully broken up a case.gambleespecially large scale in the form of lottery using high-tech equipment, arresting 11 subjects.
Previously, from the beginning of June 2021, through the work of grasping the situation on the route and key areas, the Criminal Police Department of Nghe An Provincial Police discovered that in Vinh city, a group of subjects gambled in the form of lottery using high-tech equipment with a huge amount of money. In which, Le Canh Toan (born in 1986), residing in Vinh Tan ward, Vinh city, was a level 1 agent collecting lottery boards in Vinh city and Hung Nguyen district to transfer to Nguyen Thuy Linh (born in 1983), residing in Vinh Tuy ward, Hai Ba Trung district, Hanoi city.
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| Some subjects in the gambling ring were arrested. Photo: Hong Ngoc |
Nguyen Thuy Linh was identified as the ringleader of this large-scale gambling ring. The Criminal Police Department reported to the provincial police leadership to establish a special investigation.
As the ringleader, Linh has many complicated relationships, frequently changes residence, operates on the move and lives in Ho Chi Minh City.
In addition to receiving lottery tickets from Le Canh Toan, Nguyen Thuy Linh also colluded closely with many other people in Hanoi to gamble, such as: Vu Thuy Huong (born in 1984), residing in Phuc Tan ward, Hoan Kiem district (Huong is Linh's level 1 agent in Hanoi with daily gambling transactions of nearly 10 billion VND); Nguyen Duc Thinh (born in 1971), residing in Cua Nam ward, Hoan Kiem district, Hanoi city; Nguyen Thi Minh Trong (born in 1989), residing in Vinh Trai ward, Lang Son city, Lang Son province...
To deal with the police, the subjects in the gambling ring operate in a closed manner, using modern technology devices, social networking applications and highly secure software such as Facebook, Zalo, Telegram... to commit crimes.
Through professional measures, the police determined that the subjects transferred lottery boards and bets to Linh every day from 20 billion to 30 billion VND. When the Northern lottery results were available, the subjects calculated the winnings and losses using specialized software, texted each other, and then deleted all the messages. In addition, the subjects also used many different accounts and did not use the main account to make payments.
Sensing the opportunity was ripe, in November 2021, under the direction of the provincial police, the Criminal Police Department of Nghe An Provincial Police presided over and coordinated with the Criminal Police Department and related units to establish working groups to simultaneously arrest 11 subjects in many different provinces and cities. At the same time, urgently searched the residences of the subjects in the ring, the ringleader Nguyen Thuy Linh was arrested in Huu Lung district, Lang Son province. Continuing to expand the fight in Lang Son province, the police force arrested Nguyen Thi Minh Trong (born in 1989), residing in Vinh Trai ward, Lang Son city.
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| Evidence of the case. Photo: Hong Ngoc |
In Hanoi, the Task Force simultaneously arrested and searched the residence of Vu Thuy Huong and other subjects. At Huong's house, the authorities seized 7 mobile phones, 210 million VND in cash, 400 USD, and 1 money counting machine.
In Nghe An province, the Task Force simultaneously arrested and urgently searched the residence of Le Canh Toan and other subjects. It is worth mentioning that, in order to deal with the authorities, as soon as the Task Force raided to arrest him, Le Canh Toan fiercely resisted, smashing the phone screen that he used to gamble, in the form of recording lottery numbers.
Through initial investigation, the Police Agency has proven that the amount of money used by the subjects for gambling on November 2, 2021 was more than 12.6 billion VND. From the beginning of July 2021 to November 2021, the subjects used an amount of up to more than 2,000 billion VND for gambling.
The police also seized a total of exhibits including: Nearly 500 million VND in cash, 34 phones, 2 laptops, 2 camera receivers, 1 money counter, 2 cars and many bank cards, documents, and books related to gambling.
Currently, the project is being continued to be fought and expanded.