Eliminate online football betting line worth thousands of billions of dong

Vinh City Police have just issued a decision to prosecute two subjects, Phan Nhu Cuong (born in 1973), residing in Ward 8, Vung Tau City, and Le Quang Dao (born in 1984), residing in Ward 10, Vung Tau City, to investigate and clarify their gambling behavior. These are the last two subjects to be prosecuted in an inter-provincial online gambling ring with 22 participants.

Trillion-dollar gambling line from Nghe An to Dong Nai, Ba Ria - Vung Tau

On May 25, 2022, after collecting all the documents, Vinh City Police simultaneously arrested 22 subjects in the online gambling ring, seized evidence of the case including: 2 tablets, 25 mobile phones, 7 ATM cards; froze 3 bank accounts for further investigation.

Initially, the subjects in the gambling ring were identified as participating in football betting on the website bong88.com from December 2021 to May 25, 2022 with a total amount of more than 1,000 billion VND.

The ringleaders and operators of the gambling ring. Photo: Duc Vu

Of the 22 arrested subjects, 6 subjects reside in Vinh City, Nghe An, including: Dang Hung Dung, born in 1991, residing in Quang Trung Ward; Nguyen Toan Thang, born in 1975, residing in Nghi Lien Commune; Nguyen Anh Thuong, born in 1985, residing in Quang Trung Ward; Le Hung Cuong, born in 1984, residing in Hung Binh Ward; Le Khanh Lam, born in 1989, residing in Le Loi Ward; Le Ngoc Minh, born in 1990, residing in Dong Vinh Ward.

13 subjects residing in Ba Ria Vung Tau province, including: Phan Minh Hoang, born in 1979, residing in Ward 4; Le Hai Hung, born in 1987, residing in Ward 7; Nguyen Phu Gia, born in 1981; Le Van Truc, born in 1985, residing in Ward 9; Dang Van Trieu, born in 1988, residing in Thang Nhat Ward; Le Van Tuan, born in 1983, residing in Ward 10; Nguyen Van Tuat, born in 1983 and Tang Hong Thang, born in 1974, residing in Thang Nhat Ward; Nguyen Van Minh, born in 1983, residing in Ward 7; Tran Trung Bach, born in 1985, Phan Nhu Cuong, born in 1973; Le Quang Dao, born in 1984, all residing in Ward 10; Vu Ngoc Diep, born in 1993, residing in Tan Hoa Commune, Phu My Town.

The remaining 3 subjects residing in Dong Nai province include: Hoang Ngoc Viet, born in 1981, residing in Bien Hoa city; Tran Anh Tuan, born in 1981, residing in Trang Dai ward, Bien Hoa city; Tran Van Ly, born in 1996, residing in Nhon Trach district.

During the investigation, Vinh City Police identified the leader of this gambling ring as Phan Minh Hoang (born in 1979), residing in Ward 4, Vung Tau City, Ba Ria - Vung Tau Province. Phan Minh Hoang has an account as a super general agent for online soccer betting (called Super Master), with a login name and password to access the online gambling website.

To expand the football betting line, Hoang divided the subordinate master account (called Master account) to Le Ngoc Minh, born in 1990, residing in Xuan Lam block, Dong Vinh ward, Vinh city, residing in ward 7, Vung Tau city, Ba Ria - Vung Tau province. Hoang and Minh agreed that the account limit was 30,000 points, 1 point was equivalent to 8,000 VND, the winning/losing amount was paid every Monday afternoon.

Hoang and Minh set up and organized an online football betting gambling ring with many participants in Nghe An, Dong Nai, and Ba Ria Vung Tau provinces.

To date, Phan Minh Hoang, Le Ngoc Minh and 20 other subjects in this gambling ring have been arrested and prosecuted by Vinh City Police. Specifically, Phan Minh Hoang, Le Ngoc Minh, Dang Hung Dung, Dang Van Trieu, Nguyen Van Tuat, Hoang Quoc Viet and Nguyen Phu Gia were prosecuted for organizing gambling; the remaining subjects were prosecuted for gambling.

Dang Hung Dung (Dung Verratti) - from famous football player in Nghe An to online gambling "agent"

Few people expected that after the above trillion-dollar gambling case was busted, the "agent" running the online gambling ring in Nghe An was also revealed, that is Dang Hung Dung (commonly known as Dung Verratti), born in 1991, residing in Quang Trung ward, Vinh city. Dung Verrati used to be a famous "striker" in the amateur football village of Nghe An, and had a period of time participating in the Song Lam Nghe An football training center.

Dang Hung Dung (Dung Verratti) at the police station. Photo: Duc Vu

The police agency determined that Dang Hung Dung used an agent account to organize gambling in the form of football betting on the website bong88.com with a number of other subjects inside and outside the province. Dang Hung Dung and Le Ngoc Minh are friends. Dung knew that Minh had a master account for organizing online betting via the Internet, so he asked Minh to divide it and provide him with an Agent account to continue dividing it into member accounts to participate in betting via the Internet. Minh agreed, providing Dung with an account, password, an account limit of 20,000 points, the price of 1 point is 10,000 VND, and agreed to pay every Monday via bank account.

Through social relationships, gamblers proactively come to meet or contact Dung to ask to participate in gambling. After reaching an agreement, Dung creates for the participants a Member account including a username and password to log in to the website bong88.com, depending on each game, Dung grants different account limits and cash conversion rates. All must pay winnings/losses every Monday.

Currently, Vinh City Police are consolidating, completing the dossier, and handling the subjects in accordance with legal regulations.