HaiPhong (VNA) – Police and competent forces in the northern port city ofHai Phong have busted an international online gambling ring involved about 400Chinese nationals.
They raided the Our City residential complex on Pham Van Dong Street, Hai Thanhward, Hai Phong city’s Duong Kinh district on July 27, and found hundreds ofgambling machines installed in several buildings in the complex.
Preliminary investigations showed that online transactions, worth more than 3billion CNY (435.51 million USD), were carried out through different activitieslike sports betting and illegal lottery.
Police confiscated nearly 2,000 smartphones, 530 computers, bank cards, cash andother relevant objects and documents at the site.
The ring members, aged from 18-24, came to Vietnam as tourists and receivedaround 3,000 CNY (435 USD) each month.
The case is under further investigation.
Vietnam is considered to have one ofthe strictest anti-gambling laws in the world, with most forms of gamblingbeing illegal.-VNA