Quy Chau district police (Nghe An) have just destroyed a gambling ring in the form of recording lottery numbers and arrested 5 people involved.
On March 3, according to news from Nghe An Police, Quy Chau District Police just mobilized dozens of officers and soldiers to simultaneously arrest 5 people for gambling and organizing gambling.
The arrested include Nguyen Van Thai (born 1963), Le Thi Hong (born 1983), Nguyen Thi Hop (born 1985), Tran Thi Canh (born 1975), residing in Tan Lac town (Quy Chau district) and Nguyen Sy Quy (born 2004, residing in Boi Son commune, Do Luong district, Nghe An province).
The above 5 people performed gambling acts and organized gambling in the form of recording and transferring lottery numbers online via the social networking platform Zalo, SMS, Mesenger, based on the results of the regional lottery. North. According to the police, all five colluded very sophisticatedly, ready to destroy the phone when discovered by the authorities.
Initially, the Special Investigation Committee proved that the amount of money these people used for gambling was 108 million VND; confiscated 6 mobile phones; 3 lottery cables and many related documents.
At the police station, five people confessed to all the crimes. The case is being further investigated by the Quy Chau District Police Department.
Nearly a month ago, the Criminal Police Department of Thua Thien – Hue Province also destroyed a lottery registration ring with a loss of more than 15 billion VND.
Specifically, on December 26, 2023, at 199 Pham Van Dong (Hue City), the Criminal Police Department of Thua Thien – Hue Provincial Police coordinated with Hue City Police to inspect and arrest a group of people red-handed. Nguyen Thi Thanh Nga (born 1987, residing in Hue City) is the leader of organizing gambling and betting in the form of lottery numbers.
At the police station, Nguyen Thi Thanh Nga directly declared the agreement on the citizenship rate of the following people through her Zalo account. Every day, when there are lottery results, Nga will agree on the winnings and losses via Zalo, then the subordinates will directly come to Nga’s house to receive the money or transfer money via bank account.
It is estimated that from December 2023 until now, the amount of gambling money in the form of lottery on this line is more than 15 billion VND.
NGUYEN VUONG
