Four more prosecuted for involvement in biggest gambling ring probe
The Phu Tho Police’s Investigation Security Agency has widened the scope of an illegal online gambling investigation in Phu Tho province and some other cities and provinces.
Chau Nguyen Anh, CEO of VNPT EPAY, and Pham Quang Minh, Sales Director of VNPT EPAY. (Source: VMA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Phu Tho provincePolice’s Investigation Security Agency has widened the scope of an illegalonline gambling investigation in PhuTho province and some other cities and provinces, the Ministry of PublicSecurity (MoPS) announced on April 9.
The agency launchedcriminal proceedings against and detained Chau Nguyen Anh,CEO of VNPT EPAY and Pham Quang Minh, Sales Director of VNPT EPAY, bothresiding in Hanoi, for “organising gambling” and “illegally trading invoices”.
Meanwhile, Nguyen Dinh Chien, abusinessperson born in 1976 and residing in Ha Dong district, Hanoi, was arrestedand prosecuted on the charge of “illegally trading invoices”.
Criminal proceedings were also initiated againstLe Anh Tuan, Director of TNC Technology JSC, born in 1983 and residing in HaDong district, Hanoi, for the same charge. Tuan has been banned from travellingaway from his residential area.
On April 9, the agency searched the workplacesof the arrestees to collect documents, objects, equipment and electronic data relatedto the case.
The probeinitially found that the money paid via legal and illegal payment gateways inthe online gambling case exceeded 9.58 trillion VND (about 422 million USD), includingmore than 9.29 trillion VND via pre-paid telecom cards and game cards,accounting for 97 percent of the total money involved. Some 5.6 trillion VND (246.4million USD) was paid in cash or sent via bank transfers.
In relation to this case, on March 11, theagency launched proceedings against and detained Nguyen Thanh Hoa, former MajorGeneral and former director of the MoPS’s police department for high-techcrimes, for organising gambling.
On April 6, Phan Van Vinh, former Lieutenant General and former DirectorGeneral of the MoPS’s Police General Department, was prosecuted on the chargeof “abusing position and power while performing duties”.-VNA
Hi-tech crimes have become more common than ever today due to the boom of the internet, heard a conference on combating hi-tech crime in Hanoi on August 22.
The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Court on August 24 held the first hearing on a big online gambling case via website 188bet.com, involving 66 defendants and 400 billion VND (17.74 million USD).
The Ministry of Public Security (MoPS) has officially announced a crackdown on “using the internet to appropriate assets, organise gambling, gamble, illegally trade invoices and launder money in Phu Tho province and some other provinces and cities.”
Phan Van Vinh, former Lieutenant General and former Director General of the Police General Department under the Ministry of Public Security (MoPS), has been taken into custody for the charge of “abusing position and power while performing duties” relating to a major online gambling ring.
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Chau Nguyen Anh, CEO of VNPT EPAY, and Pham Quang Minh, Sales Director of VNPT EPAY. (Source: VMA) 
