Wanted 9 people in gambling ring related to former director of C50

On March 15, Phu Tho Provincial Police announced that the unit had issued a wanted notice for 9 suspects related to the case."using the internet to appropriate property, organize gambling, illegally buy and sell invoices and launder money". PolicePhu Tho calls on the accused to confess to enjoy leniency of the law.

9 defendants including Hoang Ngoc Tu (36 years old) inCam Pha, Quang Ninh; Hoang Thanh Trung (40 years old, living inHoang Mai district, Hanoi); Hoang Van Trong (27 years old) inPhuc Tho, Hanoi); Le Van Kien (40 years old) in Hoang Mai, Hanoi); Nguyen Duy Thinh (26 years old) inVinh Cuu, Dong Nai; Nguyen Huy Bach (28 years old),Cam Pha City, Quang Ninh; Pham Tien Cuong (31 years old)Vinh Bao, Hai Phong; Ta Quang Khoa (30 years old)Lo River, Vinh Phuc andTran Quang Hanh (31 years old)Nam Dinh City, Nam Dinh

On the same day, a source said that the investigation agency, Phu Tho Provincial Police, worked with Lieutenant General Phan Van Vinh, former Director General, General Department of Police, Ministry of Public Security to clarify the trillion-dong gambling ring in Phu Tho.

"The case is under investigation. If it involves any individual, the investigating agency must ask to clarify. This is a completely normal procedure," the source said.

Previously in May 2017, from the complaint of a woman who was scammed and had 55 million VND in scratch cards stolen online, Phu Tho Provincial Police investigated and discovered an online gambling ring with a scale of thousands of billions of VND.

In July 2017, the Investigation Security Agency, Phu Tho Provincial Police initiated a case of "using the internet to appropriate property, organizing gambling, illegally buying and selling invoices and money laundering", prosecuting more than 60 people, arresting dozens of people including two masterminds.Nguyen Van Duong (Chairman of the Board of Directors of High-Tech Security Development Investment Company - CNC) andPhan Sao Nam (39 years old, former Chairman of the Board of Directors, Director of VTC Online Media Joint Stock Company - VTC online).

On March 11, this agency prosecuted and continued to arrest Mr. Nguyen Thanh Hoa, former Director of the High-Tech Crime Prevention Police Department, for the crime of "Organizing gambling".

According to the investigation agency, Nam and Duong are accused of being the masterminds, operating an online gambling network through the form of card games. Players buy phone scratch cards and Vcards issued by CNC to load into the game and then buy virtual money to gamble through card acceptance services from payment gateways of many companies. Revenue from this form is controlled by CNC company.

The second way is to use bank money to deposit into ATM account through online payment gateway to buy virtual money and game cards.

Nam and Duong set up dozens of agents in provinces and cities across the country to operate and illegally profit from online games. At the time of the investigation, this network earned over 2,800 billion VND.

Phu Tho Provincial Police announced that anyone who knows where the 9 suspects are hiding should notify the nearest police station or call 069.2645.262.