Vietnam busts $1.2 bln gambling ring

Police officers stand behind men arrested in a gambling ring in HCMC, November 22, 2022. Photo by VnExpress/Quoc Thang

Officers from the Ministry of Public Security have broken up an online gambling ring that collected VND30 trillion (US$1.2 billion) of bets in three years.

The police raided 15 locations in HCMC and the neighboring Dong Nai Province on Tuesday to arrest 14 people, who will be investigated for gambling and organizing gambling.

Initial investigation found the operation was run by some Vietnamese living in Cambodia. Seven managers based in HCMC supervised betting accounts and managed a gambling network spread over many cities and provinces.

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