On July 16, Duy Xuyen District Police said that during the European Football Championship (EURO) and the South American Football Championship (COPA AMERICA) in 2024, the unit has clarified 3 rackets. Illegal gambling in the form of soccer betting in the area.
The first case was organized by subject Nguyen Tan Thanh (born 2001, residing in Nam Phuoc town, Duy Xuyen) for subjects inside and outside the locality to gamble illegally, in the form of soccer betting with an amount of nearly 400 million VND.
The second case was carried out by subjects Le Thanh Tuan (born 1989), Le Thanh Binh (born 1984), Nguyen Duy Thanh (born 1979), and residents Duy Hai and Duy Xuyen, who organized illegal gambling, in the form of betting. football with a betting amount of nearly 4 billion VND.
The third case was organized by subjects Lam Quoc Nga (born 1982), Lam Quoc Viet (born 1987, residing in Tay Son Dong, Duy Hai, Duy Xuyen) illegally gambling, in the form of soccer betting with numbers Betting money is about 4 billion VND.
After completing the dossier, the Police Investigation Agency of Duy Xuyen District Police prosecuted 3 cases, 16 defendants involved in the above 3 cases, on the crimes of "Organizing gambling" and "Gambling". ", continue to handle according to legal regulations. Of these, 11 suspects were detained and 5 suspects were banned from leaving their residence.