Dismantling a gambling ring worth over 75 billion VND led by a 'female monster'

On April 19, 2022, Vinh City Police (Nghe An) announced that the unit had just detained Nguyen Thi Kim Oanh (born in 1979), residing in Nghi Phu commune, Vinh city. Oanh is the ringleader.gambling lineby recording lottery numbers with a transaction amount of more than 75 billion VND.

Since the beginning of 2022, through investigation, Vinh City Police have discovered a gambling ring using high technology to record lottery numbers and many female participants from around October 2021 to present.

To avoid the authorities, the subjects sent messages to transfer lottery and betting numbers through many forms such as text messages, Zalo, Facebook, Viber applications; used junk SIM cards to operate and frequently changed contact numbers. In addition, the subjects paid for lottery and betting numbers and paid prizes by bank transfer, using accounts that were not owned by the owner but mainly bought back on social networks. Notably, after receiving the messages, Nguyen Thi Kim Oanh used calculation software and quickly deleted all content to avoid detection by the authorities.

Subject Nguyen Thi Kim Oanh. Photo: Hong Ngoc

However, on April 11, 2022, Vinh City Police coordinated with the Provincial Police Department to arrest and search Nguyen Thi Kim Oanh and 11 other subjects. At the scene, the police seized 18 mobile phones, 13 bank cards and many other documents related to gambling.

At the Vinh City Police Investigation Agency, Nguyen Thi Kim Oanh confessed that at around 5:30 p.m. every day, the subjects sent lottery numbers via text messages, Facebook, Zalo, and Viber; and transferred money to Oanh's Vietcombank and Techcombank accounts. At 6 p.m. the same day, Oanh would finish the "transaction", then summarize the wins and losses and transfer or directly pay the players the next day.

Some subjects in the gambling ring. Photo: Hong Ngoc

On average, each day, the subjects transferred the most money to Oanh, 20 million VND, and the least was about 2 million VND. During the initial investigation, the authorities determined that the amount of money used by the subjects for gambling on April 11, 2022 was 1.5 billion VND; the amount of money gambled from October 2021 to present is more than 75 billion VND.

According to Vinh City Police, most of the subjects in this ring have a history of gambling. Currently, the investigation is continuing to expand./.