Police of Vietnam’s northern Thanh Hoa province have cracked down an online gambling ring with transactions totaling nearly 4,000 billion Vietnamese dongs (170 million U.S. dollars), arresting nine local people.
After detaining nine people for organizing gambling and gambling online, the police were hunting the ringleader, a 30-year-old man named Tran Quang Truong from the province. They have blocked over US$256,503 (VND6 billion) in bank accounts used for gambling. Vietnam News Agency reported on Tuesday.
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Currently, all forms of gambling, including those on sports, except in government-licensed casinos, are illegal in Vietnam.
In Week 1 of May, a Taiwanese man was arrested in Vietnam for allegedly operating an illegal gambling website, which had been cracked by local law enforcement recently. He was identified by Vietnamese police as Chiu Hao-cheng, and 23 Vietnamese, alleged to be accomplices, were detained on suspicion of involvement in one of the biggest illegal gambling networks ever cracked in the country
According to the country’s Penal Code, gamblers who place a bet of USD 85 U.S. dollars (VND 2 million) or more, and bookmakers whose ring involves at least 10 people will be indicted for criminal offenses.