13 people detained in World Cup betting ring
Police have just busted a group betting on the 2022 World Cup with a total transaction amount of about 35 billion VND, arresting 13 people.
On November 27, Lam Dong Provincial Police said that the unit had just arrested 13 people to investigate the acts of "Organizing gambling" and "Gambling" on the internet during the 2022 World Cup. The total transaction amount was about 35 billion VND.
The main suspects are Le Minh Hieu (35 years old, residing in Ha Huy Tap, Ward 3, Da Lat) and Huynh Ngoc Quang (residing at 29 Thien Thanh, Ward 4, Da Lat).
Other suspects arrested by Da Lat City Police include: Nguyen Thai Mao (47 years old), Nguyen Huu Duc (58 years old), Dang Doan (61 years old), Nguyen Van To (40 years old), Ho Van Dau (28 years old), Duong Van Den (40 years old), Ho Trung Hau (62 years old), Le Nam (58 years old), Pham Hoang Vu, Hoang Van Sy, Le Quang Trung, all residing in Da Lat City.
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| The website that Le Minh Hieu used to organize gambling. Photo: Provided by the police |
Since early August 2022, Quang has known Hieu. Knowing that Hieu owns an online football betting website Bong88.com, Quang expressed his desire to be given an account on this website to use for football betting.
Quang prepared 2 desktop computers and 2 laptops at 29 Thien Thanh (Da Lat) to serve betting on World Cup 2022 matches, and at the same time, organized gamblers to participate in betting.
Hieu opened 6 online football betting accounts, loaded points into the accounts and gave them to Quang. Hieu and Quang agreed that 1 point was equivalent to 30,000 VND. According to the statements from the accounts, Quang had bet from these accounts a total of 6,584 times, with 93,770 points.
Hieu also gave accounts to three other people, Vu, Sy and Trung, to organize football betting.
Initially, the authorities made a statement of all data related to gambling from Hieu's account, determining that from August to November 2022, Hieu participated in online gambling 16,730 times, with 1,141,651 points.
On the evening of November 23, while the 2022 World Cup matches were taking place, Da Lat City Police caught 9 suspects red-handed betting in cash at Quang's house.
Here, the authorities seized 4 pieces of paper recording football betting content with the amount shown on the betting paper being 18.1 million VND; seized related evidence including 2 desktop computers, 2 laptops serving football betting via the internet./.
