Dismantling a 315 billion VND gambling ring
Authorities in Ha Giang province have just dismantled a gambling ring in the form of buying and selling lottery tickets via telecommunications networks and the Internet with a scale of over 315 billion VND.
On November 18, Ha Giang Provincial Police announced that they had just issued a decision to temporarily detain 8 subjects to investigate and clarify the act of organizing gambling and gambling in the form of buying and selling lottery numbers via telecommunications networks and the Internet with a scale of over 315 billion VND.
The detained subjects include: Do Van Kien (born in 1988, in Minh Khai ward, Ha Giang city); Nguyen Kim Nhung (born in 1989, residing in Tran Phu ward, Ha Giang city); Tran Thi Diep (born in 1985), Dien Thi Nga (born in 1980, both residing in Tan Quang commune, Bac Quang district); Dong Trung Tuan (born in 1989), Nguyen Thi Nga (born in 1973), To Thi Thuy (born in 1970) and Nguyen Dieu Hoai (born in 1985, all residing in Nguyen Trai ward, Ha Giang city).
According to the police, at around 6:30 p.m. on November 15, Ha Giang Provincial Police caught red-handed and summoned 8 people to investigate and clarify the acts of organizing gambling and gambling.
During the arrest and emergency search, the authorities discovered and temporarily seized 13 mobile phones; 45 tablets, 22 small bags containing many white crystals (synthetic drugs); many loan papers and notebooks with many numbers, and many other related exhibits.
The investigation agency determined that this was a large-scale gambling ring that bought and sold lottery numbers, operating through telecommunications networks and the Internet.
From around the beginning of 2023, the subjects conducted transactions with an amount of more than 1 billion VND/day, up to now the estimated total transaction amount has reached over 315 billion VND.
