Eliminate football betting line of over 10 billion VND
On July 16, the police successfully dismantled a football betting ring with a transaction value of over 10 billion VND/month. They arrested 8 subjects and seized many exhibits related to the case.
The Cyber Security and High-Tech Crime Prevention Department of Ha Tinh Provincial Police coordinated with Ha Tinh City Police to mobilize forces and vehicles, and deploy professional measures to focus on the fight. After a period of monitoring, the authorities discovered a gambling ring led by Duong Tan Thuan (born in 1990), residing in Tinh An Commune, Quang Ngai City, Quang Ngai Province, along with many subjects in Quang Ngai Province, Ho Chi Minh City and Lam Dong Province, organizing gambling on the Internet.
After a period of monitoring, collecting documents and evidence, the investigation agency determined: This is a gambling line that has been operating for a long time, operating in many provinces and cities, the subjects have a relationship with each other, participating in betting in the form of credit (bets are paid every Monday).
In order to avoid detection by the authorities, the subjects used bank accounts that were not their own to pay for winnings and losses, and communicated with each other through social media accounts. Especially during the EURO 2024 finals and the COPA AMERICA Cup, the subjects were even more vigilant. During their operations, the subjects frequently moved and continuously changed their residence in many different locations. However, all of the subjects' calculations, methods, and tricks to conceal their crimes were under the surveillance of the Task Force, down to the smallest details.
After a period of organizing the investigation, the Investigation Committee determined that the gambling ring led by Duong Tan Thuan and the subjects used the Bong88 football betting website to commit crimes.
On July 4, 2024, Ha Tinh City Police coordinated with the Department of Cyber Security and High-Tech Crime Prevention to mobilize 30 officers and soldiers divided into 3 working groups to go to Quang Ngai, Lam Dong provinces and Ho Chi Minh City to simultaneously arrest 8 subjects including: Duong Tan Thuan (born in 1990), residing in Tinh An commune; Nguyen Dac Duy (born in 1985), both residing in Quang Ngai city, Quang Ngai province; Nguyen Huu Trung (born in 1973), residing in Da Lat city; Ngo Minh Huy (born in 1990), residing in Lac Duong town, Lac Duong district; Tran The Anh (born in 1988), residing in Tan Hoi commune, Duc Trong district; Nguyen Huu Duc (born in 1988), residing in Da Lat city, Lam Dong province; Nguyen Van Hieu (born in 1988) residing in Tinh An Dong commune; Nguyen Cam (born 1988), residing in Tinh An commune, Quang Ngai city, Quang Ngai province.
From the beginning of 2024 until now, Duong Tan Thuan has used a Master level football betting account (general agent account) divided into many Agent accounts (agents) with a limit of 5,000 points to 10,000 points (each point corresponds to an amount of 20,000 VND; 50,000 VND; 100,000 VND as agreed by the subjects) and then assigned to subordinate subjects to manage. From the Agent accounts, the subjects divided them into many Member accounts (direct gambling accounts) for subjects who wanted to directly participate in football betting.
From the collected evidence, Ha Tinh City Police initially determined that the BD33BB Master account managed by Duong Tan Thuan had a scale of 15 agents and about 70 gambler accounts, with an average monthly total amount of about 10 billion VND. Ha Tinh City Police seized 11 mobile phones of various types, 1 laptop and many exhibits related to the case.
Currently, Ha Tinh City Police are continuing to expand the investigation and complete the dossier to handle the subjects according to the provisions of law.
