{"id":89074,"date":"2018-09-26T14:00:56","date_gmt":"2018-09-26T21:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=89074"},"modified":"2018-09-26T13:21:26","modified_gmt":"2018-09-26T20:21:26","slug":"vietnam-police-break-up-illegal-online-sports-betting-ring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/vietnam-police-break-up-illegal-online-sports-betting-ring\/","title":{"rendered":"Vietnamese Police Break Up Illegal Online Sports Betting Ring With Ties to Gaming Site Hosted in US"},"content":{"rendered":"

Police in Vietnam have fractured a $26 million online gambling ring, detaining 10 people suspected of being behind the operation.<\/p>\n

\"Vietnam
Despite being illegal, betting on soccer matches is massively popular in Vietnam. (Image: The Business Times)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Authorities identified the enterprise\u2019s ring leader as Huynh Quoc Viet. The 37-year-old is believed to be the mastermind of the scheme, which started up in July. He allegedly ran a number of different websites which allowed sports betting, in addition other gambling offerings.<\/p>\n

“We arrested seven people and three others turned themselves in. The investigation is still ongoing to see if anyone else is involved,” <\/span><\/strong>police told AFP News this week.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In addition to the arrests, officials also confiscated several rifles, $20,000 in cash, as well as cars and cell phones. The raids were simultaneously executed across multiple locations in Vietnam\u2019s central and southern provinces.<\/p>\n

Loan Sharks and Corrupt Cops<\/strong><\/h2>\n

According to major Vietnamese news site VN Express<\/em>, the perpetrators were organizing millions of dollars\u2019 worth of bets either through Bong88, or websites that were affiliated with Bong88, which is listed as hosted by Redwood Shores, California-based incapsula.com.<\/p>\n

Hundreds of Vietnamese bettors were believed to have created accounts on the password protected site, which is licensed by a body in the Philippines.<\/p>\n

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Police charge that in addition to running the sites, the alleged offenders were also offering illegal, high-interest loans to their bettors. And when the punters couldn\u2019t pay up, the house would subsequently use force to collect the debts.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The accused are now facing up to 10 years in prison if convicted.<\/p>\n

Illegal gambling has been an ongoing problem in the country, and not even authorities tasked with stamping it out have been exempt.<\/p>\n

In March, the man who was appointed to crack down on these types of online gambling operations was accused of organizing them instead. Nguyen Thanh Hoa, who was the head of Vietnam\u2019s High Technology Police Department, was arrested<\/a> in connection with an illegal betting ring believed to be worth more than $400 million.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s currently standing trial and faces five to 10 years behind bars.<\/p>\n

World Cup Miscalculation<\/h2>\n

While Vietnam currently has strict anti-gambling laws, things are slowly changing. Earlier this year, the Vietnam National Assembly voted overwhelmingly to pass new law green lighting a pilot program to legalize sports betting in time for the start of 2019.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, officials had laid out an arrangement to allow a limited amount of legal betting to take place during this year\u2019s World Cup tournament.<\/p>\n

That plan, however, was a total flop.<\/p>\n

Government officials eventually conceded that not a single gaming operator applied<\/a> for a license to operate for the World Cup, likely because it wasn\u2019t worth it for them to jump through all that regulatory red tape just to offer bets for a two-week event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Police in Vietnam have fractured a $26 million online gambling ring, detaining 10 people suspected of being behind the operation. Authorities identified the enterprise\u2019s ring leader as Huynh Quoc Viet. The 37-year-old is believed to be the mastermind of the scheme, which started up in July. 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