Dismantling a 40 billion VND gambling ring
(Baonghean.vn) - Quynh Luu District Police have just successfully dismantled a gambling ring in the form of buying and selling lottery numbers. The total amount of money the ring's operators are estimated to have earned is up to 40 billion VND.
Around September 2023, through the work of grasping the situation, Quynh Luu District Police discovered a gambling ring in the form of buying and selling lottery numbers between provinces. The District Police established a special project to fight and destroy it.
On December 28, seeing the opportunity was ripe, Quynh Luu District Police dispatched working groups to simultaneously arrest 7 subjects residing in Quynh Luu District (Nghe An) and 1 subject residing in Ho Chi Minh City.
The ringleader is Dinh Van Cuong (born in 1992, residing in Thu Duc City, Ho Chi Minh City). The seized evidence includes 250 million VND in cash, 10 mobile phones and documents related to the criminal acts of the subjects.
During the investigation, Quynh Luu District Police determined that the amount of money the subjects gambled in the form of buying and selling lottery numbers on December 27, 2023 and December 28, 2023 was more than 1 billion VND.
Based on the collected evidence, it is estimated that the total amount of money that the gambling line operated in 3 months was more than 40 billion VND.
Currently, the Investigation Police Agency (Quynh Luu District Police) has initiated a case and prosecuted the above subjects for the crime of "Gambling". At the same time, the investigation is continuing and expanding the project.
