Busting an online football betting ring, seizing nearly 1 billion VND

Evidence of a football betting ring seized by the police. Illustrative photo.

Police seized nearly 1 billion VND in cash, a K59 gun and many documents and tools related to organizing online football betting.

On the morning of July 11, in Ho Chi Minh City, C45, C50 and Ho Chi Minh City Police carried out an emergency arrest and search warrant for 5 subjects including: Nguyen Van Minh (born in 1984, from Hai Duong, has two previous convictions for "Illegal detention", just released from prison at the end of 2014), Nguyen Thanh Tuan (born in 1990, from Hai Phong), Do Van Tuyen (born in 1990, from Hai Phong), Huynh Chi Quoc (born in 1987, residing in Ho Chi Minh City), Le Van Tu (born in 1987, residing in Ho Chi Minh City).

At the same time, C45 detectives coordinated with Gia Lai Provincial Police to arrest Tran Xuan Luat (born in 1990, from Gia Lai) and Le Thanh Nhan (born in 1987, from Gia Lai).

In addition, the police have issued arrest warrants for Pham Dinh Chinh, Le Hoang Vu, and Le Ngoc Anh. At Le Ngoc Anh's house, the police seized a K59 gun and 13 bullets.

According to initial investigation, this line has been operating for a long time, is extremely sophisticated with many leaders.

Nguyen Van Minh took a football betting account on the ibet88 website from a foreigner, worth about 500,000 USD, to organize betting. Minh assigned Nguyen Thanh Tuan and Do Van Tuyen, two notorious gangsters in Hai Phong, with criminal records for “illegal detention” to collect gambling money from gamblers; assigned Pham Dinh Chinh as a “technician” to monitor the betting accounts.

Minh rented a house at 119 Nguyen Cuu Dam, Tan Phu District, Ho Chi Minh City to open a shop selling fine art wooden furniture, hiding from the authorities.

In addition to football betting activities, Minh also used many people with criminal records to organize illegal activities such as loan sharking and debt collection.

Nguyen Van Minh and Huynh Chi Quoc colluded by exchanging betting accounts. Quoc took a betting account through the website sbotbet worth about 400,000 USD to give Minh an account through this website, and Minh gave Quoc a betting account through the website ibet88 so that both could organize betting for gamblers.

Also in this network, Le Hoang Vu took a betting account from Minh to organize betting for gamblers in Gia Lai province. To operate "effectively," Vu linked up with Le Ngoc Anh, a protection racket boss and loan shark in Gia Lai to organize football betting together. Similarly, Le Van Tu and Le Thanh Nhan were also Minh's betting agents.

The police are expanding the investigation into the case and calling on Pham Dinh Chinh, Le Hoang Vu, and Le Ngoc Anh to surrender soon to enjoy leniency under the law./.

According to vietnamplus