Trial for largest ever online gambling ring opens

The provincial Phu Tho People’s Court on November 12 brought to trial two former senior officers of the Ministry of Public Security and 90 accomplices involving in a major online gambling ring.

Many policemen were mobilised to ensure security for the trial (Photo: VNA)

A large number of reporters registered to cover the trial, which drew great attention from the community (Photo: VNA)

Former Director of the Ministry of Public Security’s Hi-tech Crime Police Department Nguyen Thanh Hoa was escoted to the court (Photo: VNA)

Phan Sao Nam, former Chairman of the Board of Directors of the VTC Online Telecommunications Co. – VTC Online on the way to the court (Photo: VNA)

Phan Sao Nam, former Chairman of the Board of Directors of the VTC Online Telecommunications Co. – VTC Online on the way to the court (Photo: VNA)

Defendants at the court (Photo: VNA)

Defendants at the court (Photo: VNA)

Lawyers at the court (Photo: VNA) 

The 92 defendants face the charges of using the internet to appropriate assets, organising gambling, gambling, illegally trading invoices, laundering money, and abusing positions and power while performing duties (Photo: VNA)

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