Da Nang busted a football betting line worth more than 1,000 billion VND during the Euro season

Recently, Hai Chau district police (Da Nang) just eliminated a gambling organization with a transaction scale of more than 1,000 billion VND.

Accordingly, through reconnaissance work and understanding the situation of criminals operating in cyberspace, Hai Chau District Police (Da Nang City) coordinated with the Cyber Security Department and High-tech Crime Prevention of Da Nang City Police. Nang, with the support of the Department of Cyber Security and High-Tech Crime Prevention, discovered that the group regularly organized soccer betting on websites.

After consolidating evidence, on June 20, Hai Chau District Police and the Cyber Security Department clarified 12 related subjects. Through the struggle, Hai Chau District Police urgently arrested the three leaders, including: Nguyen Huynh Van Doi (1966, residing in Phuoc Ninh Ward, Hai Chau District, Da Nang City), Tran Dinh Ba (1958, residing in Hoa Ward). Cuong Nam, Hai Chau District, Da Nang City) and Doan Trong (1965, residing in An Hai Bac Ward, Son Tra District, Da Nang City).

At the investigation agency, this group admitted that from August 2023 until now, the subjects were provided by the bookmaker with a betting limit of 3 million USD (more than 60 billion VND) per month and then distributed. Split accounts with smaller limits for subordinate agents.

Each month the accounts achieve "revenue" of about 8 million USD (more than 160 billion VND). The total transaction value of the website was estimated by the subjects at over 1,000 billion VND.

During the search, the police confiscated evidence including many devices used to organize bets, more than 15,000 pages of related documents and many savings books, and blocked billions of dong in accounts. bank of subjects.

Currently, the authorities are continuing to work with Ho Chi Minh City Police to clarify the illegal acts of the two subjects mentioned above. Recently, police units and localities have destroyed many lines and gangs organizing football betting over the Internet.

Typically, in December 2023, Thua Thien Hue Provincial Police destroyed a football betting ring, arresting 9 subjects with a total transaction amount of over 3.5 million USD in more than 1 month, equivalent to about 176 billion USD. copper.

April 2024, City Police. Ho Chi Minh destroyed a network of organizing football betting on the internet led by Tang Van Khai with a limit of 1,000,000 points, equivalent to 6 billion VND.

In June 2024, Da Nang City Police destroyed a network of online soccer betting organizations led by Nguyen Van Trung with a soccer betting account limit of 100,000 Yen, equivalent to 1 billion VND.

In fact, the work of fighting and handling crimes related to soccer betting shows that soccer betting is very diverse in form and scale. From spontaneous, simple, and small formations to lines and gangs organized in cyberspace operating inter-provincially and transnationally, with very sophisticated tricks, with a scale of tens of thousands of participants. The amount of money is up to thousands of billions of dong.

There is a football betting line formed by the leaders of professional gambling organizations connected with the subjects, the bookies manage Web sites with servers located abroad to set up splits for players. The centipede organizes soccer betting on cyberspace in Vietnam, with many forms of advertising and attractive public offers in Vietnamese.

Players only need to have devices connected to the Internet, register for a member account, and open personal accounts at banks to participate in betting.

In particular, many players are given accounts and passwords along with an advance amount of virtual money to place bets. If they lose and do not have money to pay, they may be forced to pay by these subjects. such as: illegally arresting people, confiscating property or hiring criminals to collect debt...

Criminals betting on football in cyberspace have taken full advantage of the development of science and technology, their operations are complex and increasingly sophisticated, but their crimes all leave traces and will be punished by law enforcement. detection, investigation and strict handling functions.

To proactively prevent and fight against criminals participating in soccer betting on cyberspace, the Ministry of Public Security recommends that each citizen be fully aware of the good entertainment values of the sport of soccer. , watch football with a healthy entertainment mindset; Do not participate in soccer betting or organize soccer betting in any form.

Pay attention to management, education, and encourage relatives and people around to increase vigilance and stay away from betting on football. In case of detecting subjects with suspicious signs related to football betting, it is necessary to promptly report the denunciation to the nearest police agency for reception and resolution.

The Ministry of Public Security has directed professional forces to synchronously use professional and technical measures to detect and strictly handle those who organize and participate in soccer betting.

The Ministry of Public Security requests press and media agencies to actively participate in propaganda and warnings to raise awareness and vigilance for the people, and coordinate to detect crimes and violations of law related to the law. Football betting, contributing to ensuring order, social safety and peaceful life of the People, especially during the EURO 2024 season.

With all kinds of sophisticated "bookmakers" in the Euro season, the Ministry of Public Security issued a warning Thanh Phúc11:25:12 22/06/2024The Euro 2024 season is taking place extremely excitingly, and at the same time, cyberspace is full of bookmakers, luring people who love football, like to bet to win money, and participate in unhealthy games.