Tuoitre News – Police from the Ministry of Public Security have arrested seven members of an online gambling ring with total gambling amount reaching US$23.6 million as of August.
The ring’s leader, Vuong Chan Thanh, 37, director of Vien Tin International Co Ltd in District 11, HCMC, was arrested on Friday morning, along with his wife, Dam Kim Khuyen, 34, Nguyen Thanh Trieu, 34, Vuong Thuy Hang (Trieu’s wife), 35, and Do Tu Tuong, 35, police said.
These five defendants have been charged with organizing gambling.
The police also detained two others, Nguyen Xuan Lam, 29, and Le Quang Tan, 35, on charges of gambling.
All these seven detainees are residents in the city.
On searching Thanh’s home and office, police seized tens of thousands of US dollars, hundreds of millions of dong, many machines and equipment, and a lot of books of accounts related to gambling.
The ring began to operate in 2010 through the website www.188bet.com, which serves gamblers in many countries including Vietnam, said Colonel Ho Sy Tien, head of the Social Crime Investigation Police Department under the Ministry of Public Security.
The website’s server is placed in the Philippines and has operated since 2005, the Colonel said.
