Authorities dismantled a football betting ring involving over 10 billion VND.
Taking advantage of websites registered abroad, the suspects opened online football betting accounts. In a short period of time, they carried out thousands of betting transactions totaling over 10 billion VND.
The Gia Lai Provincial Police Investigation Agency has just issued a decision to initiate a criminal case, indict the suspects, and order the temporary detention of four individuals: Truong Van Dao (born in 1980, residing in Ia Mron commune, Ia Pa district), Dang Thanh Hoang (born in 1991), Nguyen Xuan Huy (born in 1995, both residing in Nghia An commune, Kbang district, Gia Lai province), and Tran Minh Y (born in 1988, residing in Binh Nghi commune, Tay Son district, Binh Dinh province) for the acts of gambling and organizing gambling.
According to initial investigations, around July 2024, Truong Van Dao accessed a website abroad to register for a football betting account.
Here, Dao was instructed by the individuals on how to place bets and agreed on a commission policy (each betting point equivalent to 10,000 VND/point).
Furthermore, Dao was provided with Master accounts (a type of agent account) and passwords by foreign individuals to log into online gambling websites. They also agreed on a closing time every Monday. Winnings and losses would be settled via bank transfer.
Knowing that Dao had a MasterCard account, Dang Thanh Hoang and Phan Van Kha (both residing in Tu An commune, An Khe town) requested to be given similar accounts to organize gambling in the form of football betting. Dao agreed and contacted individuals abroad to obtain more MasterCard accounts to give to Hoang and Kha.
After obtaining the Master account, Kha was responsible for creating Member accounts (from the Master account) and finding gamblers to whom he would assign these Member accounts.
Hoang was in charge of transferring winnings and losses between gamblers and the house (through Dao). Kha and Hoang agreed to raise the exchange rate per point when dealing to gamblers, ranging from 50,000 to 100,000 VND per point, so they could profit from the exchange rate difference.
The police determined that from July 2024 until their arrest, the group had conducted thousands of football betting transactions on matches in the German Bundesliga and the English Premier League, totaling over 10 billion VND.
The arrested individuals have confessed to their crimes. Some individuals involved in the case have fled the area. The police are actively encouraging them to surrender and are also issuing arrest warrants to apprehend them, in order to facilitate the investigation and ensure strict prosecution of the suspects in accordance with the law.
