13 suspects detained in online gambling ring worth thousands of billions

On the afternoon of July 16, Colonel Dang Van Manh - Deputy Director of Khanh Hoa Provincial Police said that up to this point, the Criminal Police Department of Khanh Hoa Provincial Police is still detaining Truong Hoang Lam, nicknamed Lam Le (born in 1977), residing at 79 Nguyen Trai, Phuoc Tien Ward, Nha Trang City, along with 12 other subjects related to the thousand-billion-dong gambling ring that has just been eradicated by the Criminal Police Department of Khanh Hoa Provincial Police in coordination with the Department of Cyber ​​Security and High-Tech Crime Prevention - Ministry of Public Security with the support of hundreds of officers and soldiers of the Mobile Police Department of Khanh Hoa Provincial Police and Nha Trang City Police.

The 12 accomplices of Truong Hoang Lam are Tran Thi Phuong Thuy (born in 1970), residing at 187 Phuong Sai, Phuong Son ward; Vo Tan Duc (born in 1976), residing at 20 Huong Lo Ngoc Hiep, Ngoc Hiep ward; Lai Minh Hoang (born in 1974), residing at 103B A1 street, Vinh Diem Trung urban area, Vinh Ngoc commune; Nguyen Van Tung (born in 1965), residing at 57 Nguyen Phi Khanh street, Vinh Hoa ward; Nguyen Tan Hai (born in 1989), residing at lot 26, 8E street, Ha Quang urban area, Phuoc Hai ward; Nguyen Dinh Hien (born in 1975), residing at 70/29 2-4 street, Van Thanh ward; Tran Thien Kim Hong (born in 1998), residing at 161/4A Thuy Tu, Vinh Thai commune; Phan Hoang Thuy Duong (born in 1993), residing at group 15 Ngoc Son, Ngoc Hiep ward; Tran Le Bich Hoai (born in 1983), residing at 18/1 Dong Ho, Phuoc Hai ward; Vo Tan Hoa (born in 1985), residing at 158/4 Huong Lo Ngoc Hiep, Ngoc Hiep ward; Dinh Quoc Lap (born in 1969), residing at 06 Nguyen Truong To, Xuong Huan ward, Nha Trang city (Khanh Hoa) and Nguyen Hoang Nam (born in 1988), residing at 87 Dao Duy Tu, Thanh Cong ward, Buon Ma Thuot city (Dak Lak).

According to Colonel Dang Van Manh, after a period of tracking, verifying, collecting relevant evidence and documents, and the commune established a special project with the synchronous coordination between the Criminal Police Department of Khanh Hoa Police and the Department of Cyber ​​Security and High-Tech Crime Prevention - Ministry of Public Security, at 5:00 p.m. on July 14, 2019, the police force simultaneously raided 10 online gambling dens in the form of football betting and lottery through the sites TVIG, SD, VN868.net and OK368.net.

Searching the above locations, the police seized more than 2.6 billion Vietnamese Dong, 12,000 USD, 20 taels of gold, 34 motorbikes, 2 cars, 53 cell phones, 10 desktop computers, 5 tablets, 7 laptops, and many books and documents recording gambling sessions.

Initially, Truong Hoang Lam confessed that the total amount of money transacted through football betting accounts from 2014 to present was about 2,600 billion VND, and the total amount of money transacted through online lottery accounts was about 22 billion VND.

Of the 31 related subjects brought to Khanh Hoa Provincial Police in the evening of the same day, 13 subjects were detained for investigation and criminal handling.

The Investigation Police Agency of Khanh Hoa Province has initiated a criminal case on the crime of organizing gambling and gambling, and has initiated proceedings to prosecute the 13 above-mentioned subjects while expanding the investigation into other related subjects for handling according to the law.