Dismantling a gambling ring using betting and loan sharking in Nam Dan district

Previously, through the work of grasping the situation, Nam Dan District Police discovered that in the district there was a group of subjects who regularly participated in gambling in the form of football betting with large amounts of money, among which, the subject Tran Van Quang (born in 1989), residing in Nam Anh commune, Nam Dan district, regularly provided football betting accounts to subjects in the communes of Nam Anh and Nam Xuan, in Nam Dan district to participate in online football betting.

Identifying this as a serious incident, the subjects took advantage of high technology to commit crimes, negatively affecting the security and order situation in the area, the leaders of Nam Dan District Police directed the concentration of forces and means to fight and arrest.

After a period of investigation, on July 7, Nam Dan District Police arrested Tran Van Quang, along with other suspects including Nguyen Van Hai (born in 1989), Ho Viet Trung (born in 1992), all residing in Nam Anh Commune; Nguyen Tan Tai (born in 1991), Nguyen Huu Son (born in 1993), Nguyen Huu Luan (born in 1993), all residing in Nam Xuan Commune, Nam Dan District for gambling in the form of football betting. During the arrest, the police seized 10 mobile phones, initially proving that the amount of money the suspects used for gambling was about 50 million VND.

Expanding the investigation, on July 8, Nam Dan District Police continued to arrest Nguyen Dinh Hai (born in 1990) and Nguyen Huu Trung (born in 1991), both residing in Nam Anh Commune, for gambling online via the Sunwin application. At the scene, the authorities seized 3 mobile phones and 1 laptop. Initial investigation clarified that the amount of money the subjects used to gamble on the Sunwin application was about 990 million VND.

Continuing the investigation, on July 10, Nam Dan District Police arrested Ngo Cong Vinh (born in 1993) and Ho Viet Viet (born in 1989), both residing in Nam Anh Commune, Nam Dan District, for lending money at high interest rates in civil transactions. At the investigation agency, the two subjects confessed to lending money to the subjects who gambled above with a total amount of more than 700 million VND at an interest rate of 3,000 VND/million VND/day, equivalent to 108%/year, illegally profiting 76 million VND.

Currently, Nam Dan District Police are detaining the subjects for investigation and handling according to the provisions of law.