'Pimp' runs prostitution ring through 7 Telegram groups with 65,978 members
Thai created 7 telegram groups, including two groups that charged participants, including "New Business" (158 members), "Real Estate" (771 members)... posting pictures of girls with their body measurements, sensitive videos of them and the price of prostitution.
On April 14, the Ho Chi Minh City People's Court held a first-instance trial and sentenced defendant Nguyen Huu Thai (born in 1999, residing in Tan Phu District, Ho Chi Minh City) to 12 years in prison for "Prostitution Brokerage" and 3 years in prison for "Disseminating obscene cultural products". The total sentence for defendant Thai is 15 years in prison.
According to the indictment, at around 8:00 p.m. on January 17, 2024, the Criminal Police Department's Working Group coordinated with the Nguyen Cu Trinh Ward Police, District 1 (Ho Chi Minh City) to inspect the Bros Hotel and discovered two couples buying and selling sex, so they made a record and invited them to the headquarters to work.
The investigation agency determined that since June 2022, Nguyen Huu Thai used unofficial phone numbers, using the name "Trieu Man Nha Dat" to go on social networks to get information about girls who wanted to sell sex. After that, Thai created 7 telegram groups, including two groups that charged participants, including "Doanh Nghiep Moi" (158 members), "Beta" (771 members)... posting pictures of girls with their body measurements, sensitive videos and prostitution prices.
If you join the fee-collecting groups, “New Business” and “Real Estate”, you have to pay a fee of 2 million VND/person. For the remaining 5 groups, Thai collects 500,000 VND when sex buyers request to send pictures of prostitutes.
Thai agreed on a price of 5-6 million VND/session. If staying overnight, the price was 10-15 million VND. When agreeing on a price with the sex buyer, Thai gave the information and phone number of the sex buyer so that the girls could "transact" directly about the time, location..., Thai received a brokerage fee.
At the time of inspection, the 7 Telegram groups had a total of 65,978 members and Thai was the administrator.
The indictment also determined that Thai used his phone to store 285 sensitive videos and posted them on the social network Telegram for group members to watch, creating curiosity and increasing desire to contact Thai - the "prostitute supplier".
Thai illegally profited about 15 billion VND from prostitution brokerage and collecting membership fees on Telegram groups. Thai used this money for personal expenses and for relatives to keep, buy property, pay debts, etc.
Thai also confessed to having brokered prostitution for a person under 16 years old many times. The police have separated the acts and related documents in the case of prostitution with a person under 18 years old to continue the investigation and verification. Once the details are clear, they will be handled later.
